A Rhyme Of Lagos
Lagos, City of the idle
Here I come, to join
in this struggle,
Tho' you pretend to be busy
But life here isn't easy,
A decade is long enough
time to be away from home
But here in lagos, I still
find hope.
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There was a drunkard named Bernard
One day he scampered home like a leopard
Angry, the wife screamed: you are drunk!
Hiccuppng, he said: I am your husband John,
The son hissed and said: I think he is mad.
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Three Decades
Three decades ago
I was brought here
And today I am
struggling to get there
My three decades
Of strive, mistakes
And amends
And now all I seem
To achieve is my dignity
My dignity which
Has turned my necessity.
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Once upon a time when I was in primary two,
Mother had a daughter who attended our class too.
She fell in love with a bully,
And I said she's so silly.
One day bully and me fought and fell in a chicken coop.
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For Esther
How I loved Esther
She was my beautyful eagle
But she doesn't find time
for us to mingle.
Not even on Easther.
Everyday I think of her
She is just a heart breaker
She stole away my heart
But I still want Esther.
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Just a Passed Phase
It was not easy getting
To this stage in life
When I think of my past
Days in life
I want to break and cry
I only heave a sigh
Its only a passed phase
I never let go of my faith
And my faith saw me to this stage.
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exile
Your head was in danger
So you run
Running away from home?
Sweet home of yours
To where everyone around you
Is a stranger
To find what?
Peace you say
And if your own people
Can hurt you
What can a stranger
Not do?
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I like to miss You
I almost left home
Not because I hate you
But because I like to miss you
I lost all my hope
When I walked with you
You are antithesis of all I wanted
If you want me to love you?
Then bring back the
Years I've wasted.
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The Poet Photographer
I am the poet photographer
I have a life heading so far
Now at prime of my youth
Had myself thinking
Of nothing but my company
Still at it's root,
Still waiting at the gate of
good fortune,
Would you let me in Janus?
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Exodus
They flee this place
They all call home
In hundreds
To a place where
Everyone is a stranger,
Where everything is strange
They say they seek refuge
They seek for a better life
Even though they are being
Treated as refuse.
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