MY GUARDIAN ANGEL True love from above Flying like a dove Divine wings Holy rings, Spreading purity and trinity. My real hero Lifting me from zero My pure strength Guarding me at length. Dependable and reliable Capable and able, Holding me down Cleaning my gown. My guardian angel My golden apparel, My Knight in shinning armour My light in dark humour. Lily in my valley Family of my belly My ally, my alloy, my envoy Guiding me through the convoy. Respectful, honest, decent Godly, homely, humble Lovely, lowly, my heart; We can start any art. AFTER THE WARWas it not yesterday that they struck And got our corpses loaded in their truck Dragged our lifeless bodies along valleys And poured our wasted souls into gullies, See them, parade in victory. After the war, they never ceased Rather they seized every opportunity to kill Hear them till graves and shallow tombs Annihilation, marginalization, extermination. Soldiers, aids, uniforms in concord A discourse and concourse Envoy, convoy and voyage Blood, flooding the carnage. After the war, they held on Horrors in pieces and bits Terrors on nieces and kits Watch, listen, hear them rage louder! We rise, yes we do, the muse For the rising sun only sets with nature Rains, clouds, nights and days Dews, mist, moist, fog, they all gear. Blood rise in wells As they ring like bells Calling forth for peace Singing songs of love Writing books of unity Saying words of progress Gathering dust of justice Yet after the war, the pogroms return. Genocides, homicides, afflictions Hate, hate upon hate War, war after war Call a dog a bad name And have it publicly beheaded for festival. In memory of those killed during the Biafran war COVID THE PANDEMICHellow covid the pandemic You rose like a lion To destroy our republic But there is One, guarding Zion. You soared and severed Tearing and wearing apart Even the most revered Daunting and denting our hat But there is One who for us had suffered. Bye Covid, you were vivid We saw you loud and clear Bye Covid, you were stupid We cannot love you like cupid. Bye, go away, never return Dwell in the innermost hell Bye, in hell do burn So in heaven we tell. Get lost, get vanished The vanquisher has ravaged your cell, Bye Covid, the pandemic. Covid, the pandemic You were tragic, And stole our comic. You were hectic And made us panic Go away, and never return Covid, the pandemic. THE RISE We have to rise and shine For we bear in us the light, Light of the world. We are light The torch and the lamp bearer, We share and care. We rise, still we do We have to, we need to We breed light, Let us light up the world. Rise, rise the rise Arise, shine, light, enlighten the dark world Break the glass, shatter the ceiling The glass ceiling, the wooden Natural and manmade barriers. Unconventional light shine, uncommon light glow Fears rock, doubts roll, Stigmas row, dogmas crow Discrimination rage, segregation cage Cultures mesmerize, traditions massacre Religion blind, hate banish Racism bury, rape kill Violence truncate, violation rule Laws quench, hunger and thirst advance. Rise, dear women! Step out, step up, step right You are the rise And the rising sun Hope and beauty, glory and honour Rise, shine your light! Shatter the ceilings, all, all of them Break the stereotypes, dance Run the race, grace is enough Brace up, fall in, fall out! IN-LAWSHere is my piece for all Concerning marriage, No matter how blind your love And how deep your feelings Beware of where you go. Culture, tradition, religion, tribe and race Dreams, visions, beliefs, goals and passions Ambitions, and aspirations, Understanding, care, and affection All these make or mar unions. Parallel people dare not bond Opposite believers cannot merge Infatuations and fantasies Dreams, daydreams and realities These raise alarms. Pretence does not last Lies flop along the line Deceit does more harm Charms fade with time, Beware of demons in angelic robes. Masquerades, wolves in sheep's clothing Robbers in watchmen's apparel Pedophiles as guardians These ruin homes. Cheating, infidelity, excessive rage Violence, abuse, misunderstanding Mistreatment, distrust, disrespect Slavery, bondage, overdependence Laziness, carelessness, and gossip No home survives these hurdles. There is always a boundary Within, is acceptable Without, is unbearable Marriage is not for kids. Sex, change of status Having children and license to born Flashy rings and costly jewels Flamboyance and luxury The makeup and makeover They all glitter but are not gold. Marriage is for mutual interests Never is it for parasites, Give peace and get it back Sow love and reap same Plant care and harvest so Cultivate home and enjoy such, A word is enough for the wise. THERE IS GODI am afraid of life Because it is a mystery But I will make history. I am afraid of friends Because they are humans But I will love them. I am scared of tomorrow Because it is unknown, But I am hopeful. I am troubled about the world Because leaders are unfaithful, And things change for worse But there is God. FEARFear is a hole It makes nothing whole. Fear is a rocket It scars the pocket. Fear is a game It can bring shame. Fear is a price It can come thrice. Fear is a grass It can burn the mass. Fear is complex It can tower to the apex And cause a reflex. LOVELove is humble It makes royal, Love is marble It remains loyal. A game of heart Drawing the art, Linking the chart Clearing the mart. If you make it a gamble It will crumble And leave you in shamble. If you make it a garden It will harden And grow vegetations. Love is a platform It can reform, Killing the worm And cankerworm. HATEA day of hate Destroys a destiny, A time of rage Kills a destination. Hate is a ladder It gets one madder, Hate never makes gladder And it pops up the bladder. Hate strangles dreams And embitters streams, Hate buries hope And murders the scope. Hate is an enemy It smokes like the chimney, And hits the kidney. Hate is a cage It does much damage, And leaves many in bondage Throwing others into the drainage. Beware of love Be kind, do not hate Then you will not fear Because there is God. MY COUNTRYCome, cry for me For I am troubled, so troubled Come, cry with me For I am in pain, so pained, Painted, fainted, a dirty painting A fainting that is draining me. My country burns, burning in flames My homeland mourns, mourning in shame My fatherland is quaking Quaking loud and aloud Shaking the cloud and crowd. Pray for me please, please I pray thee My land bleeds in greed Lives waste in hundreds Tears overflow daily Fears gather amidst Nothing, nobody is safe, Please pray for me, my people, and my country. IN THE WINGS OF VIOLENCEHear the wind rage See the rain raging The thunder strikes Lightning gives horror My people are swept over. In the wings of violence My land encroaches to war Fighting, killing, maiming, raping Hear war sing freely to us. In the wings of violence I hear innocence moan, In the wings of terror I see generations groan Look deep and yonder Leadership is terrorism. Religion has beheaded us Politics has bewitched us Hatred, falsehood, fallacy, dogmatism Hey! I fear now and tomorrow! COLD WARWe are at war
We are barely alive They pounce on us raw We are halfway dead. A cold war so loud The world is busy So busy that we are insignificant. The world is on On, ongoing with activities The world is on its wings As we oscillate on swings. Leadership is no more fair Friendship is now a nightmare Partnership is cruelty Relationship is wickedness, The world looks the other way, As we dive and plunge into the abyss Head on collision with death. A cold war, within and without Gold, hold, sold, fold, told and untold.
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