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NGOZI OLIVIA OSUOHA - POEMS

11/15/2021

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NGOZI OLIVIA OSUOHA is a Nigerian poet/writer/thinker. A graduate of Estate Management with experience in Banking and Broadcasting. She has published over one hundred poems/articles in over ten countries. Her first two longest poems of 355 and 560 verses titled THE TRANSFORMATION TRAIN and LETTER TO MY UNBORN published in Kenya and Canada respectively are available on Amazon. She has also featured in over ten international anthologies/books/blogs. She is a passionate African ink.

VOICES OF THE MARGINALIZED

​There are voices in the dark
Yearning and yawning to be heard,
They are hidden, stigmatized
And some truncated.

See, they die in trauma and with trauma
They are sick of trauma
Down, downcast, downtrodden in downtown
They look yonder and they wonder
Because they are marginalized.

Hunger, poverty, segregation, discrimination
Hate, bitterness and greed against them,
No one ever cares to hear or save them.

Voices, chants, prayers, wishes and dreams
Visions, missions and assignments
They wander in chaos
And wonder in bias,
Life dawns darkness on them.

Look, hear them roar, listen, help them soar
They have wings like eagles
Let them live without shackles.

CHILD AND WOMEN ABUSE

​Children are gifts, special gifts
They bear talents and dreams
Lineages hook and line along them
Posterity anchors on them.

We kill them by actions and inactions
Abusing lives and misusing gifts,
We keep them far from peace.

We bring war carefully
And crush them carelessly
Mess them up for pleasure
Ruining futures carelessly and carefully.

Abuses, curses, and fates
Barricading hopes and love
Silencing peace and unity
Demarcating the world.

Children see hell, before being sent to hell
Women taste hell before trekking to hell
The world just hurts.

But we can keep them safe
Develop and love them better,
Children and women are lovely
Great gifts from nature
Beautiful treasures to be cherished
Yet we harm them cruelly.

​THE FOOLISH MAJORITY

​Illiterate men on rampage
Garnering raw courage,
Rolling in ignorance
Causing huge nuisance.

Wayward women on gear
Speeding without fear,
Jerking at random
Wishing for stardom.

The foolish majority
Rising against the minority,
Riding on the wings of gang-up
Sliding through frame-up.

Uncultured, unmannered, untrained
Insincere, inhumane, insane
Free for all, abusive
Uncoordinated, unconstitutional, repulsive.

See them in kinsmen
Amidst brotherhood,
See them in semen
Amidst neighborhood.

The foolish majority
A family of bandits,
The portable entity
A family of dirty habits.

They have a goal
So dark like charcoal,
They dig coal
Just to burn up truths.

They steal dowries
And sell cowries,
They swallow moons
And swear by noons.

​FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD

When you are far from the madding crowd
They think you are possessed,
When you are far from the madding crowd
They call you a witch.

They call you names
To cover their games,
They paint you black
To gather their back.

See, look, listen, and hear
They live in darkness
Staggering in hate
And swerving in bitterness,
They hire mates to lay siege.

When you are far from the madding crowd
By being sane and sound,
They cook diverse holes in whole
Just to scatter and shatter.

They block and mount roadblocks
They are snipers and whisperers,
Shooting, and murmuring
Looting, and devouring.

They are evildoers
Doing wrong, piling up insanity,
Divers of ugly trends
Trending horror and terror.

They gather for evil
They backbite, gossip and blackmail
Scandals give them blood
Slandering and defamation inspire them
Character assassination is their sole aim,
They jubilate over crimes they perform
And celebrate their atrocities.

Far from the madding crowd, heroes are
Giants become ashes by these foilers
Legends turn crazy from them; toilers
So the foolish majority sound like thunders
Instigating, inciting, indicting
But a day of reckoning is coming,
Let them not cry foul when visited.

DEAR MIKE EJEAGHA

Dear Mike Ejeagha, your voice has taught vast creatures including the dead, the living and the unborn. You are such a blessed gift to mankind and humanity. We wish death would never find you, but if and when you go home, please thank our ancestors.

We shall give thanks that you lived, yes, we shall. Out of your generation, you stood unique and outstanding. You challenged nature with pure nature and matched it with reality. Thank you so much for the brave march.

Dear Mike, how did you do it? How were you able to shine so tremendously well that darkness even appreciated you, evil acknowledged you, and reality honoured you?
See, your tales speak philosophies, mysteries, puzzles, and imaginations. Your tunes turn situations, and your teachings tear blindness apart. How did you overcome ignorance in such cruel a world?

Please blow me some kisses, and send me some roses, let this your love over-here smile through storms as well. 

Your legendary style is several scores and many dozens weird. How do I imagine that you ever aged, dearest Mike?

If no one ever wrote you love letters anymore, take this from me, and let it ride you home. I would be here smiling in harmony at your melodious rhythms when you are gone.

Dear Mike, love knows no age, brighten up once again, you are deeply loved. Uwa mgbede ka nma.

If this meets you well, it would be published in other countries to tell boundaries that generations are yet on the way.

Remember that words are swords, balms and rivers...in them all, you fought and won.

You came, you saw, you conquered. Mission accomplished, purpose outspoken, and destiny fulfilled. 
Thank you, dear teacher.

Your little strange love, 
Ngozi Olivia Osuoha
Poet/writer/thinker/hymnist

POWER

Power baffles me
It is a puzzle that I cannot comprehend,
Power surprises me
It is a wonder that I cannot fathom.

Power humiliates more than it elevates
It suppresses and oppresses
Power intimidates and annihilates
It confuses and bruises.

Power keeps me thinking
It leaves me even sinking,
As I try to decipher
All I see is Lucifer.

Power shines bright
Tending to bring light,
But it shows might
Challenging the poor to fight.

Power is cruel
It is a fuel
Burning and fuming
Killing and betraying,
Power troubles me a lot.

Loud, bold, tough, and rough
Never getting enough
Rude, crude, raw, tearing each jaw
Power mesmerizes humanity.

Be kind, be gentle, be humane
There is God
There is future
Life is uncertain
Mysteries abound,
Take a deep breath, dear power.
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