AKINTONDE PRAISE - POEMS

My name is Akintonde Praise from Nigeria. I am a student of University of Nigeria, I'm 18 years old and writing poetry is my hobby

                               UNTITLED


Letters engraved on
The tomb of fleshy stone
 
Words locked up                                                                               
In the belly of a golden canon
 
Visions snapped
With cameras without films
 
Desires locked up
In the cell of eternity
 
Souls descending from the sky
And souls ascending to the sky
 
Do you see all these?
Do you hear them?
Do you feel them?
 
 
                      MOUNTAIN OF GUILT
 

A painting never to be wiped off
A painting never to peel off
A stiffened occurrence
That has been glued to my head.
 
Pulling it off
Felt like pulling my brain
Away from my skull.
 
I thought I could climb
And jump over it
So I could land in the valley
But the higher I went
The taller it seemed
And the weaker I became.
 
It had occupied every space left
And there was no escape route.
So I’m left
To remain with it
Till the beginning of eternity.
 
 I was given a story to tell
From the gates of nowhere
From whom I was given
I do not know
To whom it should be given
I cannot tell.

The story itself
I do not know
All I know is I must tell it to the whole world.

To the sinners
And to the saints
To the young
And to the old
To the poor
And to the rich.

To relocate
Or to maintain.


The story has been told
And I am free!