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May 2016 · 295
Gifts
Its wonderful when people know their gifts and embrace them,
When they use them,
And succeed by them,
Crown themselves kings and queens in that one field and give themselves a befitting name,
Bring greatness and not shame,
Yearn for a great impact,not just fame..
Realise that all are different and they don't have to be the same.
Make a difference,
Be THE point of good reference.
May 2016 · 499
Seduction
When the mind seduces,the effect is eternal,
When the body seduces,the effect is temporal.
A great mind seduces another into love,
A great body seduces any other into lust..
Seduction of the body is temporal and that of the mind eternal,
May 2016 · 16.6k
Man of integrity
His pride doesn't lie in how many women he's lured,
Its in his great achievements,
Faith is his armor,
And hardwork his hope,
Persistent,determined...
Because he knows people look up to him,
His wisdom is pure and fearless,
His intellect;its something to envy.
He tries to be at his best at all times,not that he's perfect,no
But because he's chosen the path of integrity and has standards to live by,
Good morals and principles are his rules.
Rare kind though,lol
May 2016 · 2.5k
Acrostic...boredom
Build an idea,
Organise your mess,
Recognise your strengths,
Elevate your soul searching,
Denature negative thoughts.
Only allow great ideas,
Mimic the best person you can be.
May 2016 · 401
Writers
Get attached to books,
And fall in love with words.

The pen is the puppeteer,
And the paper the audience.
May 2016 · 380
A Psalm
1 Help, LORD, for no one is faithful anymore;
those who are loyal have vanished from the human race.

2 Everyone lies to their neighbor;
they flatter with their lips
but harbor deception in their hearts.

3 May the LORD silence all flattering lips
and every boastful tongue—

4 those who say,
"By our tongues we will prevail;
our own lips will defend us—who is lord over us?"

5 "Because the poor are plundered and the needy groan,
I will now arise," says the LORD.
"I will protect them from those who malign them."

6 And the words of the LORD are flawless,
like silver purified in a crucible,
like gold refined seven times.

7 You, LORD, will keep the needy safe
and will protect us forever from the wicked,

8 who freely strut about
when what is vile is honored by the human race.
May 2016 · 1.1k
Immortal soul
You dwell in a weak body,
In flesh that gives in to temptation,
And defiles your salvation,
Immortal soul,
The body in which you live will die,
Immortal soul where shall you go???
Are you going to be safe?
In heaven above?hell somewhere?or maybe roaming the earth restlessly,
Immortal soul!!!!!!!!!
Where is your home after the flesh?
What will be your new address when your home fades to dust...
Immortal soul,I sure hope you'll go to a place of better peace and quiet,to find yourself a home with better lyrics and lines of soul soothing poetry,
Immortal soul,
Immortal soul,
Immortal soul.
May 2016 · 309
Joy
Joy
Be happy,
Your joy may be contagious.
May 2016 · 615
LoVe
One thing that matters the most to love is trust,
Height,colour,weight,and many other things don't really matter.
Everyone deserves to be loved,
Love yourself so you know the kind of love you deserve.
Never let anyone make you think twice about being loved because of what they make you think of yourself,
You're beautiful,handsome,someone somewhere deems you perfect.
Love is more of a verb than a noun,
Nothing like a metaphor,
More like a synonym.
Literally applicable.
We all deserve love,.when you love yourself,you'll have a standard to live by,you'll realise the type of love and respect you deserve even when in a relationship.
Here's a poem to my first love,
The everlasting love,
That which no one will ever afford to give me,
The love that covers my reality,

From dirt,you picked me,
From doom you rescued me,
How wonderful is your love,
Purity,innocence beyond that of a dove,
Genuine,beautiful..
To leave your throne,
I'd be a fool,
I am your own...
So hold me closer,
Closer than ever before,
So tight that no one will ****** me from your presence,
My Lord,my Saviour,my hope..
I love you,despite my sins I love you,I need your grace everyday..
Your love is extravagant,
Loving me so dearly when I'm only a servant,
Oh how marvelous.
Marvelous is your love oh Lord,
I will forever praise you Lord for you are king of all the earth,and for this purpose you created me.
A Poem straight from my heart to the heavens.
When hard work doesn't show great results,many things run through my mind,
Because daily I'm on my grind,
Trying hard to attain something I've always hoped to find,
Feel like closing my eyes,maybe become blind,
Blind to reality because it hurts,
And my heart breaks,
Is it a poets curse that inspiration is great when hurt,
Or is it a blessing in disguise because it is from a bruised heart;that great art is born....
May 2016 · 710
There's no arrival in life
There's no destination in life,
No one ever arrives.
Being human,ambitions change,
When we achieve,
We want more;something better..
The only day we arrive is when we die,
For then,we don't need to dream,or work or achieve,
So actually there's no arrival for the living,
Destiny is no arrival,
Destiny is the place you need to be in at some point,
And within destiny,there's no arrival still because new dreams are born.
Even after retiring,people still keep things going,arriving would be just letting things be and just living,doing nothing in hope of achieving..but we're human,we never arrive.
May 2016 · 444
Gratitude
Appreciate,embrace every smile and laugh you have,
For when they fade,you'll wish you had held on to them,
Do not let go of that which makes you a better person,
As for what degrades you as a human being;discard it!
In as much as things turn out sour sometimes,hold on to happiness.
May 2016 · 561
Homosexuality
Easy to judge but hard to understand really,
I wonder,is it by choice?
Or is it by nature in reality?
Questions keep running through my head,
My morals state its wrong,
So does my local society
But world wide,its termed normal,
So I stop to ask,
What's the case really?
Not wanting to judge,
Not wanting to condemn,
Just genuinely asking,
Wondering,
And thinking out loud,
Sincerely hoping a soul will do some justice to my curiosity.
What is the case really?
May 2016 · 599
Life
Sometimes we wonder why things happen the way they do,
Its not always because of what we've done wrong,
Sometimes its about what we have to learn to do right,
Things go amiss sometimes so that we learn to appreciate the good times before,
And also to learn how to handle situations,
No situation is ever in vain.
But other times,things go amiss because of the bad choices we made,in this case we ought to accept our wrongs and make things right atleast.
Apr 2016 · 259
Title it.
There's no wasted moment of happiness,
Whatever makes you happy,do it!
You only have one life to live,
No one knows when they'll exit the face of planet earth,
But living a worthwhile life,a life you choose for yourself makes life worth it,
Take responsibility for your life,
Control it,its yours.
Let your actions be a pursuit to happiness atleast,
Happiness is worth searching for.
Count your joys,
Be happy,
Smile.
Apr 2016 · 380
The search for happiness
We pursue happiness,
We experiment with our lives,
Hoping to find happiness,
When pain in the heart thrives,
It feels like we've never known happiness,
As people,
Pursuing happiness,
May be a fun adventure but its not simple,
We **** ourselves slowly,
Thinking we're having fun normally,
The pursuit to happiness
Is genuine if we go after our hearts desires,
Before the beating of the heart retires,
We ought to follow that which we feel as a passion.
Apr 2016 · 1.1k
Dreams...acrostic
Dream dreams,
Reality is harsh,but face it;
Everyone needs some hope,
Abash negativity!
Manage your fears.
See your dreams realised.
Smh
Hearts break,
Failures occur,
Tears flow,
Pains pain,
But life moves on regardless,
Rivers continue to flow,
Flowers continue to bloom,
The sun still shines;
In nature lies hope..
Nature doesn't stop,
Never..
Whatever state your heart may be in,
Always remember that recovery will take place if you let it,
If you let go of the knife edge you're holding onto,
If you decide you deserve joy and peace,
And decide to move on.
No matter what happens,life moves on.
The sun still rises and sets,
And time keeps moving,
Tomorrow won't be today in rewind.
So move on.
Because you deserve to live.
Life goes on,
You may feel stuck because some things hurt so much but its possible to move on.
Apr 2016 · 571
The future
We strive for it,
Hoping to live in it,
Despite all the failures encountered,
Winning must be the final result,
Discouraging as it is to fail despite working hard,
Its great to stay motivated and focused,
And give it your best shot.
Without failure,
Victory wouldn't taste sweet.
Apr 2016 · 605
Family,
Dad and Mum share the love that I envy so much,
Nothing separates them because God purposed their partnership,
My brothers;
They're best friends who are yet to tap into their deep friendship,
They never run out of conversations,
Their disses keep me awake!
My sisters;
They're to die for,
Wrapped in innocence and filled with love,
There's always brightness with them around,
Never a dull moment.
Then me,
I'm just the girl blessed with all the love and drama and care I need in a family.
Apr 2016 · 374
The birth of wisdom,
Curiosity knew about knowledge.
But doubted knowledge because curiosity wanted to do it all alone without thinking twice or asking knowledge,
Curiosity got curious to try out knowledge,
So pride was dropped and by curiosity knowledge was approached.
Curiosity flirted with knowledge,
Together they conceived understanding,
By understanding;knowledge gave birth to wisdom,
And by wisdom curiosity and knowledge stayed together forever..
The birth of wisdom.
Knowledge is fully understood when curiosity is involved then wisdom follows after understanding
My little love story on how wisdom was born ^_^
Apr 2016 · 283
life
You're not a mistake,
You're a product of love,
Whether born with everything,
Born with nothing,
Or born with some things,
One thing is certain;
You were born with a purpose.
And life is what is important,
As you live you can brighten the future and dim the ugly past.
Apr 2016 · 223
to live or to exist
When you exist,you just happen.,When you live,you're actually happening
Apr 2016 · 312
GOD is not a myth
God is not a myth,
He's the truth,
It seems most think believing in God is denial of reality,
Lack of clarity,
Or even just low intellectuality,
Well is it?
So many events narrate to me the existence of a higher power,
Its not a thing I've not questioned,
I've questioned and questioned.....
And the answers I seek,
Are always beneath all the hearts;
Of the helpless souls who lick their sours of being judged for believing in Him;God
So I wonder;"what does it have to do with me? "
Am just a human being acting weird at times,...
I feel guilty for am straight mentally but all I see in the mirror is a man detrimentally,
Causing my inner self;harm,
Then I realise,
That its wiser to follow my hearts eyes,
For they confirm what my mind already knows but tries to argue against.,
Such is life.
Apr 2016 · 459
Goals
Without goals,
Living is futile,
Where does life take you if you don't know where you're going?
Live like someone with a known destiny,
Work towards something,
Achieve it,
Give your life a purpose,
Strive to be an asset to the planet,never a liability,
You won't always win but you can always try again and again and again and again until you win,
Work towards what's upon your heart,that's what's worth living for.
Apr 2016 · 670
What a woman can do
For the love of her family,
She sacrificed her pride and womanhood,
She gave herself up to men just to have money to support her family,
So many judged her without really understanding her driving force,
It was her love for her people that made her be who she turned out to be,
She used her priceless beauty to put bread and butter on her table,
She's now gone,
She left her family financially stable yet emotionally wrecked!
Tears flow out of my eyes when I think of her.
What a woman can do..
Apr 2016 · 549
I AM A BELIEVER!!
I sometimes lose touch of who I am,
I slide from your presence..
I'm left blank and numb,
Some thoughts identify me as dumb;
Dumb for believing,
Believing in a Creator,
So I turn back to some pages of my life,
When all my heart could feel was strife,
I recall the comfort I received from one I couldn't see,
Comfort no one around me would ever offer..
You healed my heart and dressed my wounds,
Received my brokenness and gave me love.
I thank you.
Mar 2016 · 2.3k
Chastity
I have you wrapped around me,
My head,my body,my soul...
Not for anyone but for me,
You're special,
You're golden and rare,
Having you in mind is no easy dare,
But its worth it,
You're purity,
You're innocence,
You are cleanliness.
You are undefiled.
You're possible.
Mar 2016 · 1.2k
Beauty
Beauty of the physique is but an illusion,
It leaves in awe but its not everlasting,
Its fascinating yet quickly fades,
It grabs attention,
Brings forth attraction,
But goes no further than that,
Beauty is a phase,
Enjoy it while it lasts; if you can.
Inner beauty?,,
Well inner beauty is forever,
It attracts and maintains the attraction,
It never fades,
It keeps the soul awake!
Its beautiful,
Beautiful beyond what the eyes can see,
Its real,its not an illusion..
Its true.
Its who you are,its beautiful.
Good day! :)
Mar 2016 · 307
LiFe
Life is too short to live by peoples opinions,
Choose your path and walk it..
You may be different,
Don't worry...you're not supposed to be like everyone else.
Mar 2016 · 475
Hopeful
Hopeful
Of the future,
Praying for harmony,
Eternal peace and joy,
Fruitful work without
Untimely death,and
Love to last forever.
Mar 2016 · 1.5k
Wildest dreams
In my wildest dreams I can sit on a cloud,
Watch how the world is moving and paint pictures of my view,
In my wildest dreams,the earth is heavenly,
Everyone is even,
In my wildest dreams we live forever,
In my wildest dreams;there's no competition and no ones trying to be like the other,
In my wildest dreams,good dreams come true.
Mar 2016 · 457
Greatness of God
Your greatness surpasses all human understanding,
Your love moves beyond the longest of distances
And your forgiveness goes deeper than the ocean floor,
Mar 2016 · 492
The heart
The heart searches
for what the
eyes can't
see,and
knows
when
it
finds.
Mar 2016 · 1.5k
If I die young
Lord make me an angel,
To watch over my loved ones,
Give me a rainbow robe to shine bright for the hopeless,
Adorn me with a crown to give light to those in darkness,
Give me wings to rescue the helpless,
And a voice of gold to sing to those that need comfort,
Don't bury me till I get my first kiss,
Till I **** a serpent at first hiss,
And I'm no longer a miss.
If I die young,
Still make me live.
Mar 2016 · 747
WooMaN!!
Takes a real woman to realise that womanhood is not all about impressing the opposite ***,
Or doing all it takes;
To grab attention,
Its not all about having curves or ***** for attraction,
There's more to it,
There's love and care to it,
Integrity,humility,
Meekness,intectuality,
There's beauty,.
Every woman possesses great beauty,
Takes the right people to see it truly,
Womanhood itself is a beautiful gift,
Embrace it,
Live it,
Love it.
Mar 2016 · 438
Never give up
Life can change in a hiccup,
So don't give up,
Have hope.
No matter what,you can always cope,
Don't live in the dark,
Self pity is not the right track,
Do what you can to get what your heart desires,
And do it with integrity.
Mar 2016 · 478
Life is quite short
Laugh like you've never known sadness,
Smile genuinely like you don't know how to frown,
Love like you've never been hurt,
Sing like noones listening,
Dance like you're the only one with eyes to see your moves,
Pray like the first time you did when you knew of your Saviour,
Believe and have faith,like a young child.
Life  is  short .
Mar 2016 · 396
Murder
Taking a heart you know you actually won't keep well.
Feb 2016 · 484
10w
10w
Music is like a drug;
Its addictive,
So is love.
Feb 2016 · 1.4k
The soul
The soul knows of
Things untaught.
Feb 2016 · 350
Love
Its passion,
More than an emotion,
More than an act;
More of a lifestyle,
Love is a fact!
Falling into it is no trap,
Its either a lesson or a blessing.
Love is in all hearts,
Only that its suppressed in others and expressed more in some.
Feb 2016 · 5.9k
Choices,chances and channels
When you make
a choice;
You
take a chance,
When you take a chance,
You choose a channel.
Choices are important,a choice made is like a chance taken,(make wise choices!),
Taking a chance is taking a route(channel),so take chances that are likely to lead to the right path..
Channel - passage
Feb 2016 · 725
Dear poetry
Just thought I'd write you a poem about you,
You must know I love you,
I appreciate you,
Even though sometimes I find myself lacking time for you,
I must say you deserve a poem for you,
I'm sorry for those times;
When I run out of rhymes,
And drop my pen,
Because I feel like I'm too un inspired and my writing will be in vain,
You're my sweet escape,
From your grip,there's no escape,
Only you my dear,knows how I process my thoughts to pages,
Against your contagiousness,well I hold no grudges.
In a nutshell,I love you.
My sincere apologies for being too quiet of late,been kinda busy,but hey guess we always have to find time for what we love.
Poem inspired by Keith Edward Baucum..yeah got inspired from his words "long time no read",so I just had to write.
Wellll thanks Keith!
Feb 2016 · 339
.....«••».....
The past is the past,
Its history for a reason,
The past;whether its success or failure shouldn't define you because days change,
Everyday should be taken as new as it is with its goals and hopes.
The past is to be learnt from.
Jan 2016 · 762
BEAUTIFUL YOU
There's only one you,
There could never be a more beautiful you,
No matter how many times you call yourself a fool,
You're beautiful,
With a purpose which only you can fulfill,
No matter how bad you feel,
Realise that you deserve people who'll love you no matter the situation,
Its not too late to change what you think of your reflection,
You're beautiful.
Not only for girls and women,for boys and men too..
We're all beautiful,
And you truly realise your beauty when you stop comparing yourself to others.
Jan 2016 · 623
Mediocrity
Mediocrity lies just between success and failure,
And settling at it is common because it may actually feel like "success",
Takes a little more effort to move to success and little less effort to go down to failure,
Its a comfort zone but its not safe!
Jan 2016 · 614
Lessons on lessons
From birth to death,
Lessons pile up on lessons,
What you learnt when you were young,is what you apply as you grow older,
Its all lessons on lessons,
Step by step,
Little by little,
They advance....
Just like tiny habits become part of the character,
Tiny lessons become part of your philosophy.
Its all lessons on lessons.
Jan 2016 · 1.5k
Saved
I was once full of damnation,
But you called me and gave me salvation,
You saved me from evils' manipulation.
Anger was my motivation,
And desire for wrong things;my inspiration,
I had no hope for a future heavenly nation.
All I knew was condemnation,
But Christ,you took my hand and swept me off my feet,
Taught to me how to dance to your beat,
And my life is no longer under "the heat".
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