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 Jun 2017 Oni Olusegun
Matrona
River
riven
flowing
given
enter
Satan
**** a
nation.
River
riven
Satan driven
Enter
Life
No longer riven.
Please give Giver
Please flow River
please return Satan
To the Giver.
Set us free undamn the river
Set flow the river
freedom
deliver
who we
were drawn
back to the Giver.
 Jun 2017 Oni Olusegun
stuck
Would I
still be
a poet
if none
of my
works
are read?
are my works being read or are they being placed like dust specks in little corners of untrodded
Never fall in love with a poet
for their words are sometimes lies
on occasions they're a shield
on occasions a disguise

They will take you on a journey
upon which they bare their soul
in a bid to ease your burdens
in a bid to make you whole

But in every word they choose
for the stories that they tell
lies a little piece of heaven
and a little piece of hell

Tormented souls we poets are
sometimes quite broken and despaired
in search of lost expressions
missed by others who once cared

Never fall in love with a poet
unless you're prepared to share their pain
to hold them close on the darkest nights
over and again
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 Jun 2017 Oni Olusegun
Drunk poet
Dear mother,
I hope you are reading this letter,
I hope it met you in joy,
I would I have tell these,
But I was too coy.

For all the time that you
Made me feel strong,
Even I when angrily broke your
Favourite mug.

Mother,
Many things you faced
Because of me,
So that in the aftermath
I shall be free.

Mother I remember,
Usually during December,
Making efforts to get me the best,
Mama would never rest.

Dear mother,
You seems to always protect my interest,
Interest around father,
We all wanted the best.

You once asked me
To be a good lad,
And not to keep company with
Boys you told were bad!
Mother will never starve me.

Do you remember when you lock
Me indoors?
Compelling me to have no flaws.

Mother would cover me during thunderstorm,
Kissing me and seal my sleep,
Covering my legs against every storm.

Thank you for piloting me,
To life and to a good life,
Mama pray I have good wife,
Not neglecting things you gave thought me
 Jun 2017 Oni Olusegun
Drunk poet
Under that palm tree,
We once laughed at lazy farmers,
Across that path we were made novice lovers,
Then you smiled,
You knew, I knew what you meant,
Right there we once danced in the rain,
Smile days after days,
Beneath that Carriage we first made love,
But its over, and forgotten,
Like a stone at the bottom of the ocean,
We left dager in our biased heart,
Sort of two stones thrown I different directions,
Everyday owing each moment, that I have vividly imagine,
Pictured place perfectly in my heart,
My old diary of great mystery,
Mysteries we fathomed,
Seemed to be fantasy and shield phantom,
You reveled to me,
My old brown dairy you gave me,
All pages up here In my memory,
With a golden ribbon
 Jun 2017 Oni Olusegun
Drunk poet
When a pet is in love with a poetess
They both play the villain,
He be the mister and she be
The mistress.

They whisper in one language,
That they both fathom,
Nothing new!  Not even their thoughts!

There seems to be laconic of words,
They see each other flaws,
He engage more in thinking,
How would she be impressed?
Who will be the hero?
Am I love with a poetess!
Tell me friend, how would I impress her?
 Jun 2017 Oni Olusegun
Drunk poet
We believe life is a journey,
A journey with or without a destination,
So many questions about the meaning,
But no answers,
Not while you’re still breathing

Life is too short,
You either be gone today or tomorrow,
Finding ways,
So shake away your sorrow,

But life can’t explore,
It’s because you only explore the possibilities,
And life is the impossibility,
You must be ready to explore it,

Live a life you will remember,
You will either be a mother or a father,
That life that will make you smile,
Wherever you would find yourself,
A life you would remember with a smile
Over achievements,
Start now!
Its deeper than the olden day slavery,
Because these days,the chains are unseen so getting help is difficult.
Souls imprisoned in fake bodies that need validation to feel fit enough to live. Modern day slavery.
Its spreading too fast,we might all fall victim. Feeling incomplete when you miss a trend that won't add any inch to your height nor value to your life; that's modern day slavery.
Its so normalised,its hard to realise its actually slavery.
Free yourself and take charge of your life!! Be who you are.
 Jun 2017 Oni Olusegun
Drunk poet
Let me have a bite
Beside the shaped ancient teeth
From the mythic kola
Where only wisdom dwells.
.
Let me have a smoke
From the ancient pipe
Pulled out from aged toothless mouth
That smells our untainted heritage.
.
Let me have a sip
From the curved horns and cultured Calabash
Filled up with ale and undiluted palm wine
To intoxicate me with our heritage.
.
Let me have  a seat
Amongst the white beard heads
To play the "local game" with stones
So that I may be taught the bounds in my thoughts from
From aged bloods that flows like euphrates into the garden of our motherland.
.
Let us have some music
Sang with dry lips that echoes from soundless cave
Infuriated with flutes, gongs and talking drums
That we may dance-off our ignorance
To see the chain left by our ancestors to be drawn.

Balogun David Tolulope
Drunk  Poet
© 2017
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