Once upon a time in OwuruponThere lived a vast and beautiful NsuponWho loved all who toured herAnd protected those who respected herHer caretaker, Nightingale, tutored all on not stepping on her bad sideBut Goat, who wanted to be the caretaker failed to abide IIGoat waited to contest the yearly electionAnd lost due to lack of […]
An unfairness dipped her heart in hatred As vengeance taunted her pride Voices pushed for drastic actions Until she took the spear of bitterness II She flew on its handle Like a witch whose magic wand has been stolen And drowned all calls for calm …in the stream of anger Until she reached her target […]
I know, …you know …that I know your blow Which is seeking the dark, to get me, your ‘foe’ …to make me kowtow So – …my magnanimous bow …scares when your closed eyelids go …to sleepland, in many an avenging arrow throw But what do I do? Your target line toe? II I neither bought […]
As you plan a kill To your ego fill You plan a humiliation Craving felicitation If God grants Realities to your rants You will be like a terrorist Bombing your enemy II He should end like a goat His pestle cut He should end up on a roaster His hairs crying foul He should end […]
Hannah was a sweet girl Who couldn’t hurt a weak fly Until Jack took her flower And abandoned her leaf No one saw anger developing claws In her, none saw revenge digging a hole in her What we saw was her lost frame in the sea of hate She first uprooted Jack’s roots and […]
I hurt I hurt thinking about haven made you my boss I hurt knowing I fought a lost cause I hurt knowing I am at a loss I hurt so much so that my heart sometimes switches to self -pause I hurt knowing all we had have been eaten by the time-moss I hurt knowing […]
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