Never
let your *****
love anyone
so deep,
nobody cares
To dive into
and only you
Know its depth
and they say with a smile,
it is beautiful.

So much talk about me; my dreams, my goals, my desires
So what then; when, how, who can realize the change I require?
My yesterday, my today, my future all entwined
My kids celebrate me, but have only wined and dined

Listen faintly, to a bit of my life’s story
As a colony of empires I was; my history!
I was birthed to treasure seeking hunters
Merely over-shadowing the fore-fathers

Merged and named after a flowing River from within
“Nigeria” was and is; Nineteen Hundred and Fourteen
I would have to call this, my naming ceremony
I sensed motley feelings; no empire, no colony

Crowned as the giant of Africa; behold, my birthday
Perhaps, this started the beginning of my future today?
Outdated assumptions; are the thrown away weights
Our economic growth the world watches and waits

Stop the whining yesterday; start an act today, and stand
All we have to do is look into ourselves, our hands
Overlook the past, create a change today, you and I can
Yes!, you, me; we all are “Nigeria’s Future”.

I am a mighty warrior,
This poem is my sword.
My heart is an eagle full of glory,
Like a lion have I roared.
Many wars have I fought,
So many battles have I won.
Many words have I set at not,
As many have loaded my gun.
Fearlessly I seek the truth,
I stand for what is right.
And even now within my youth,
My candle shines so bright.

now catch myself thinking of you
in the little corners of my mind
and in the blurry visions
before I sink into sleep;
in the smell before
the rain
and during the storm;
you hide
in the areas in my head
where my memories reside
and summer lasts forever
because those
we're the days you loved me.
so when I lie in bed
and my thoughts wander
back to warm days
and tan skin
I have trouble remembering
it's winter
and your heart now
is just as cold
as the
weather.
                             hko