I always knew that love would come find me somedayBut never did I know that it would be youWho was headed my wayYou never caught me off guard or took me by surpriseYou simply captivated me, the same way you doWhen I look into your eyes.It’s true... Read More
Let us show HER love
The magic in the air was conjured up without the wave of a wand. There was no magician in sight, yet everything glowed with radiant colors of red and white. Imagine walking in a garden of red roses, and white lilies, with the green grass beneath your... Read More
My Sister, My World
I searched the dump for leftovers and was glad to find an almost full loaf of bread. The bread was enough for me and my baby sister and we would still have some left for dinner. The only thing left was water. My sister had been coming down with fever... Read More
Cascades
Shall I see you as the glistening sunSetting on the steeps of mount olives uponOr the flawless green lushes of the sycamoresThat adorn the sunlit soils of Nile shores?I might take you as the moonThat encompass the ocean riseBut I shame to see soonThat... Read More
Aduke
PROLOGUE.Aduke, the dusk is here againTo chant the lines of my poemInto your waiting ears.For Aduke.I.The ruin of some dreamsAre the fate of mere dustsScattered on the face of waftsShadows of the darkAre exposed at the entrance of light.Let this be a... Read More
Perfect Half
Humbled by your loveMy hate fades into oblivionBrightened by your wisdomMy ignorance shatters into photonsAmazed by your innocenceMy flaws run out the doorCaptured by your laughterMy frown ignites into smilesGraced by your mercyMy wrath bursts into... Read More
The Broken Trust
It all started in 1980 in Monrovia, Liberia, when I turned 18. I decided to look around with great excitement for a girlfriend. At that time I was interested in girls around my own age, who were still at school. In our tradition, when a boy child... Read More
LOVE?
When I walked through those gates on that fateful day, I knew my life would change. The type of change, however, came as a shock. It was my first day at my new job. I wasn’t really interested in the job. It was way outside my specialization and just... Read More
Sacred Heart
Olufunke, welcome back to life. Can you remember the morning I said I would die first before any evil comes near you? when I told you my heart beats for you, well, I meant them. I mean them. But I’ve realized a greater truth Ife mi. Living for... Read More