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Tolani Akinola Oct 2018
When the connection in a relationship is broken..
There ceases to be sparkles..
Even if the most soothing words are being spoken..
It'll never go round the circuit..
Till both hearts are being mended..
The journey will seem to have ended..
A break in any relationship whatsoever is a dent to the strength of such relationship....

#akinspoetry
Tolani Akinola Oct 2018
Our love has grown cold
The feeling has grown old
I'm sorry cannot remould
Cos there's no more will to uphold

It's gonna take another lifetime
To bring back the old good times
Distressful it is this very time
We'll get over the feeling with time

It is so painful
We had to be apart
But I'm still grateful
A lot we did impart

This is not just a bye-bye
But a heartfelt goodbye
I wouldn't attempt to stop by
Even if there'll be a pass by

You've been one of the best
But then came the pest
Sadly we couldn't face the test
Our love got laid to rest

But you should never forget
We were without a regret
Never get crowned with the beret
That'll you'll then live to regret..
#akinspoetry
Tolani Akinola Sep 2018
Wax stronger
and get hold of ya goal
You'll become lighter
and care less of the cold

Yesterday is past
So today we gat to be fast
Not because of the crash
Nor of its splash
But of the picture
Of the brighter future
#akinspoetry
Tolani Akinola Sep 2018
Go to school and get good grades...
Then you'll get a well paid job...
This is as good as an ancient tale..
That's no more valid in our age...
Schools this days will get you grades...
But teaches you not how to grade...
It teaches you to find a job...
But we need to start creating jobs...
Of what value is a grade...
That lacks the know how to trade?...
In every field of play...
There will always be life's own gale...
So we must learn to run the scales...
Tolani Akinola Sep 2018
The richest place in the world
Is said to be the graveyard.
A richer but dreadful tomb,
Is the mental graveyard.
Where a man buries
His own ideas,
Stream of thoughts
And purpose of existence
While he's still alive
All because he's passive.
Tolani Akinola Sep 2018
The journey of a thousand miles
May not begin with a single step
But in some arduous times
May kick start with a baby-step
A single step taken
Can cause a great leap forward
But babies are careful
And cautious in taking steps forward

Rather than being too fast and furious
It can be quite slow and steady
Its not lucrative being too worried and curious
There may be a breakdown for being too speedy
And a total loss when it should be ready...
Tolani Akinola Sep 2018
Success is not found in climbing a tower...
For it is not a measurement of power..
It is neither found in the length of one's tent...
For it is not the definition of ones strength...

If you've gotten as much as a little power...
You've got to have people empowered...
If you're blessed with so a little strength...
It is meant to get others strengthened...

Your success is not in your wealth...
But in how many souls you have blessed...
You're not there yet with your riches...
Till we've counted the lives you have reached...

You may have great goals and achievement...
Reach out to the man across your pavement...
You live a life of affluence...
It's cool, but what are your influences?

You may not give him a huge Money...
But help him have a better morning...
He may not even need your gold...
But needs you to make him bold...

Don't wait till you're on the Forbes list....
You can help with even the least...
You don't need to be on the highway...
Your time can go a very long way...

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