The arid plains are unforgiving,
Lost among the dunes,
Each direction is endless nothing,
But the shimmers keep playing ghostly tunes.

They steal us blind,
Embezzle livelihoods of generations unborn,
No different from European barbarians,
Who today pass off as modern grammarians.

Aye, you take away,
My livelihood with a wicked smirk,
Know ye, today,
The heaven multiply your sorrow's birk.

Under the knife he went,
And came up decades younger,
Now he need not fright,
Fearing nothing in plain sight;

She went in with meaty love handles,
And out came a sumptuous hourglass,
So, on with the two-piece bikini,
By the poolside sipping cold tea;

Before, tens and dozens,
Mowed down by jihadist fundamentalists,
Today, tens of thousands are unaccounted for,
Their lot, with this terrible dictator;

For me, humble beginnings,
From eating with wooden spatulas,
To dining with exquisite utensils,
Designed and printed in three-dee plastic.

Hips that glorify the heavens,
And a smile that wakes up the dead,
They tempt me, when your lips are red,
And your scent leaves me in sixes and sevens.

I keep hope breathing,
Never fearing expiration,
No matter the present condition,
I shall never cease hoping.

Out of the green,
Comes this feathery blue,
Shapely to behold,
So captivating and true.

Might a place,
In this vastness,
We find sweetness,
In love's space.

Bedecked from head to foot,
Hungry looking tools of intimidation,
Unlettered in the doctrine of humanity,
Serving the whims of the wicked;

A show of farce,
Ridiculous aggression against the oppressed,
They conveniently look away from primary responsibility,
Only to brutalise the common demand for overall betterment.

To deny myself, pleasures;
That still, small voice,
Instructing I thirst in seven measures,
That I take ashes, as weapon of choice

Nobody knows, will ever know,
Can only imagine,
The curves that life did throw,
And the response engine;

Live a day, or two,
In my emotions,
And try also, do,
Sleep with the commotions;

Then come close,
To even begin to believe,
That you share a dose,
Of the times that I live.

The sequence of our emotions,
Is a new tradition,
Packed in discrete portions,
Not a random relation.

Remember us,
The minority, so christened,
What we have, we got by force,
Better, if they had listened.

You suffocate me,
Pressure me on all sides,
But I remember the joyful rides,
Now all I want to do is...just flee.

But when I saw her my heart danced,
A dance that thumped and jumped,
She was everything my desire wanted,
And more so that my soul daily worshiped;

But the day I saw her with another,
Everything I built was torn asunder,
The man, certainly, was not her brother,
They looked too happy and too warm together;

But what did she want?
We were young, and sure would enjoy heaven's grant,
Yes, I had no job, but certainly not a pissant,
Together, I believed, our lives could be vibrant;

But alas! Conception did not come to term,
Something went wrong with our germ,
She refused to be my gem,
And broke, into pieces, my world's stem.

Beloved, be ye not fooled,
By modern day niceties,
For all of Babylon's stupendous cities,
Were built on innocent blood and bones.

Knowing everyone cannot be pleased,
Then why try, anyway?
There is peaceful closure,
In realising this simple, yet powerful, conclusion.

She’s not beautiful,
But can take your breath away,
Her smile may not be that wonderful,
But she’ll have your heart any day.

When the old die young,
And the young never see the dusk,
Know there is something wrong,
When the living fight over dried husk.

The girls have no blame,
For the indolence of men,
365 days are all the same,
Dusty roads with ***** mien.

Bless me with your vengeance,
Curse me with your love,
I seek no repentance,
From hell, or from heaven above.

A sliver of grey,
Peeking through the ashen sky,
Then all turned crimson,
And the world hushed in unison.

The warmth of family and dear friends,
Hot red and dazzling white,
The beauty of evening sunlight,
Together, you and I, until the journey ends.

It's a done deal,
Here's the King's seal,
And when the bell's peal,
No worries about the next meal.

That moist thatch of loneliness,
Buried between sadness,
Begs for warm fondness,
And a generous dose of roughness.

I doubt myself,
Many times unsure,
Would I make that impact,
Or be forgotten like I never came?

Like a pregnant woman,
I am expectant,
I am an unlabelled can,
Holding some magic instant.

A situation of panic,
Heart skips by the second,
All because I bought a bond,
That I must pay, in full, nine to nine, every week.

The rains sing beautifully,
On the morning of HIS resurrection,
'Tis proper to feel happy and jolly,
In hope of coming perfection.

Dear husband, this commodity is free,
Your mind is always on a distracting spree,
All I want from you is some attention,
And you can ignore my stifling emotion.

Extending over many weeks,
The little one continues his tricks,
Kicking, turning and punching,
Almost ready to be the newest bundling.

At every turn of this hard life,
Just before I round the difficult bend,
I look back at past strife,
And forward to the journey's end.

A seedling thrown to ground,
Will decay and sleep a season,
With fire and water abound,
I awaken to fulfil life's reason.

We come, here, for a reason,
Then in a season,
We leave well behind,
All, the beautiful, and the unkind.

But I made it past nineteen!
No boyfriends, or unwanted pregnancies!
Now, allow me beyond where you have been!
Let me take my own chances!

The dead man left trouble alive,
The quick are stuck in a power race,
The blind woman with sword and scale,
Scolds all her children and sends them to school.

Can of worms,
Pandora's box,
Spill the beans,
***** linen.

Eyes that melt a bad day,
And hold the blues at bay,
Nothing can hold my smile,
When your voice comes after the dial.

Dark fright,
Night dripping blood,
Jesters howling in delight,
Devils slobbering in one accord.

This forbidden love of ours,
Wrought in defiant rebellion,
Tongues and creed in ****** opposition,
But by cupid we build impregnable towers.

That evening,
We sat long together,
I did not say a thing,
And it cost us our forever.

You go left,
When we turn this way,
And rolling over,
Is not how you play.

Woman of mine,
Tastes like cherry-chocolate wine,
Omoyele, that'e her name,
Or Tolulope, 'tis all the same.

I put my trust in you,
Yes, you're human,
And I'm human, too,
Forever, sure we can.

Selfish ******* that cry for ****,
Wombs that never tire to be filled,
Do not stray across the block,
This field, daily, must be tilled!

I see what I want to see,
I hear want I want to hear,
You're responsible for your ear,
And whatever makes your cup of tea.

And she was not fresh,
Blessed with an annoying breath,
But men formed a shameful mesh,
Around this unwholesome breadth.

I will hunt for you,
And make you warm,
Create, with you, extensions of your charm,
You and I, forever true.

A thatch of forest;
Green, welcome rest,
All around, as far as the eyes can see,
The dead and dying, spread out like the endless sea.

I soar, today, in the spirit,
My heart thuds sweetly,
Big smile as I cross the street,
My soul, dancing, ever so joyfully