WHERE I LIVE.*

Out of the Source of all,
Came the source of words in elevated language,
Out of the waterfall,
Came the honey that hides bitterness in its cage.

I live in a society of diverse beliefs,
Where crime has tagged every stranger a thief,
And has made the innocent to be in grief,
Where solace is rare and in relatives I find no relief.

I dwell among people of nonchalance,
Where trust is alien and betrayal a citizen,
Where love is far and hatred is given chance,
Where people feed each other with the honeycomb of death that is risen.

Love can only be hand picked on the streets,
Wickedness covered with a deceptive smile,
Honesty is no longer on its feet,
Challenges has kept help in its file.

A society where crime has made fear king,
Leaving in every heart a presumptuous ring,
Help from humans has turned to sting,
Songs of loneliness now I sing.

I dwell with thorns of betrayal,
Where my story is more important than my glory,
Where mockery opens the ears of the judgemental,
Where loneliness only can afford my dowry.

Dwelling in the midst of a few trusted,
I seal my lips and suffer silently,
Speaking is fruitless  because people will get me twisted,
I'll keep hoping, grinding and moving till I get there quietly.

© Daniels Pen™ 15th August, 2021.

TOO BLIND TO SEE*

Angels don't always fly,
Gold's beauty is hidden in its ugliness,
Peace and care are enemies to the sly,
Hence patience is needed for loves sweetness.

Poverty painted me black,
I needed to get out of its hole,
I sought for one who would get me out sufferings sack,
Out of, not just its components, but it as a whole.

I exchanged patience with pride,
Which made me miss the right one,
Yes, at last, I found a ship that saved me from poverty's tide,
But peace, care and attention was never his son.

I drove austerity and brought in calamity,
My quest for gold got me blind,
I never saw the riches in simplicity,
Poverty changed my mind.

I sought for a land flowing with milk and honey,
Ignorant of the sting of the honey bee,
I exchanged matrimonial peace and blessings for money,
Oh! My hatred for poverty made me too blind to see.
© Daniels Pen™ 2021.

A Poem: Secret Desire.*


My face itches at your presence,
My heart has, for you, burnt incense,
I feel at home with you,
But this you never knew.


On the bed of thoughts I lay,
One day let's be together, I pray,
I kept hugging my pillow thinking it's you,
I really desired you.


My arm, when life almost made me armless,
My mind made an album of a couple that's harmless,
I sent bible verses, just to contact you,
You're the first on my hearts queue.


Stroking my knees together in a way to blush,
I didn't just want to rush,
Sending bible verses in a chameleons garment,
Now I can't tergiversate or lament.


My Dearest, this is not, "Lori iro",
My heart has your mirror,
This feeling is really beyond a crush,
Your acts of love,my mind can't flush.


Like a dream come true,
The one I admire, comes in with loves shoe,
Then no more to blushing, I retire,
I'll confess, you've been my secret desire.
© Daniels Pen ™✍️✍️ ✍️ 25th Feb. 2021.

A Poem: The quest for Beauty*


Attention is not something to look for
When your life defines beauty, you'd be sought for
Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder
But beauty goes beyond what your face holds


Throwing things down before men
In hypocrisys cloth to get attention from men
Beauty is more than your hips
A beautiful lady has a stiff upper lip


Looking seductively,
Talking in lusts shoes, and walking cowardly
All in a bid to get him make a comment
Beauty on the outside is only for a moment


Fighting to be a cynosure of all eyes
It's a foolish job sometimes, for the little minded in size
Beauty is more than what you think
Time would come, and all these would sink


I opine that Beauty lies in God
If He rules your heart with loves rod
His beauty makes you not to be myopic
I speak the truth and am not cynic


I advise that, in the quest for Beauty
Our attitude, should be our duty
To ensure that our beauty speaks from within
True beauty indeed, comes from within.

© Daniels Pen ™✍️✍️✍️✍️ 2020.

A Poem: O give us Homes*


O give us Homes
With father's who are loving
Where love has a mansion, and everyone is caring
Where communication breeds
And our fathers dont have greed


O give us Homes
With children who are obedient
Where fathers give each child a respect that's not transient
Where love is stronger than our selfish gain
When husbands learn to love their wives, when in pain


O give us Homes
Where laughter is a King
Not a frowned face cooked in a strange boiling ring
Where understanding has a room in every heart
Not where, fathers don't even want to consider their children's heart


O give us Homes
With obedient husbands
Not a heartache to the wife's soft sand
Where love drives fathers to look for a good job
Not where laziness, rules the man, and he's not angry at its mob


O give us Homes
Where judges won't settle matters
Where love would keep us together, and nothing else would scatter
Where the husband respects the wife, and vice versa
Where the Holy Spirit dwells, and the absence of the wife, makes the man miss her


O give us Homes
Filled with love and understanding
O give us Homes
Where respect for everyone is standing
O give us Homes
Where happiness is not lacking.
© Daniels Pen ™✍️✍️✍️ 2020.

A Poem: The Heart of a Woman*

They are unique in a way
I've come this far to say
Though, hearts exist without Christ and conscience
But the heart of a Godly woman has a ventricle filled with patience


I call them, "Complex Computer"
'cause God made their system a special theatre
Indeed, this Designer is a Great Scientist
God has webbed them that way, in His fist

She has an aorta filled with Grace
To bear all that comes with life's race
Her ventricles of care flows
Like the sea in the cool of the night against all billows


She has a focus that's powerful
The lens of her heart is fixed on things that are wonderful
Emotionally stable, Mentally alert and Spiritually alive
Strikes a perfect balance for every Godly woman's life


A heart that hates truancy
She keeps fighting, never resorting to complacency
The shock absorber of her home
A pillar of the home,  stronger than the soldiers in Rome


The heart of a Woman, if treated right
Would produce fruits that'll keep you smiling in loves flight
The heart of a Godly woman
Is the rock on which her home stands and her man.

© Daniels Pen ™✍️✍️✍️ 2020.

A Poem: Broken Promises (A Duet)*

You said I'm your world
Now like a snail you've curled
You said you love me
But your heart never knew me
© Daniels Pen ™✍️✍️✍️

Regina to the world!
Shattering your promises with a sword,
You whisper the term 'fondness' to my ears,
Now everything is out of air.
© PENABSTRACT.

You promised to keep your eyes on me only
Now your words are not true but lonely
Your words kept you in my hearts ecstasy
I always thought you'd forever be my fantasy
© Daniels Pen ™✍️✍️✍️

Memories of those utterances never stop resonating,
When you vouched to bring down heaven stars to my room,
But zoom!!! They all evanesce in doom,
And your lust love got lost.
© PENABSTRACT.

I fell in your hands like Othello
I loved the way you called Senorita, I sang Cabello
You were my waking thought
I never knew you'd break this nut.
© Daniels Pen ™✍️✍️✍️

I fell head over heels for you,
But like a mango tree, you fell out,
You dressed me in borrowed robes,
Broke your oats and sending me out of your love-drobe.
© PENABSTRACT.

© Daniels Pen ™✍️✍️✍️ and
©PENABSTRACT. 2020.