Sunday, November 10, 2019

Bags Of Hope [...The Carriage Never Ends]


The market looks promising but a vicious terrain
It harbours the most unloving handlers in the game
They move around but lurk in every portal and page
Waiting for those they see as down-and-outs to use

The employment ladder is such an avalanche of crap
Designed to give false hopes and promote rivalries
A glitch that has made everyone a subset of a system
That keeps workers busy and desperate for survival

They belittle job seekers in service of their own greed
Like cheap little puppets before they even get hired
They bad-mouth new intakes as if they have no worth
And then flutter their egos like a drenched rooster

Most wounds are left in the ashes of constant confusion
Hoping for a timely collision to make peace with the pains
Of a pursuit to tell a better story of misery and triumph
So much so they endure to enjoy the fragments of hope

There is more to illumination than humans can fathom
Many are comfortable in the dark than to be rejected
By the hands that throw a switch and darkness looms
Wondering when their nightmares would come to an end

The shackles are finally off the untamed beasts
The most feared predators are now on the loose
The toothless preys are searching for safe havens
And the hungry hunters are praying for a lucky day


Dedicated To Everyone

The Situations Are Different But The Reason Is The Same.





Thursday, May 16, 2019

Distance Beauty (...The Inverse Of Reality)

He laughs and whimpers every time he sees them
Spreads his hands in the open with his eyes closed
Glides and then wobbles like a three-legged animal
A caricature he describes as a gesture of attention

She on the other hand researches all her targets
She hates to sleep with one side of her bed empty
She picks and strikes where her trade is unknown
A feat she describes as a mirror of self-persuasion

Although the desperation in his eyes is barely fragile
His fruitless mission is to own and build them a home
An offer that has been denied a thousand times over
By the same hoochies he meets every now and then

She gives solace to quench the thirst of hungry loins
The very thing she sacredly vowed to keep from lions
Has created an identity conundrum that is acceptable
In her eyes but uncanny to her cronies and outsiders

He's still at large with his eyes on the empty trophies
Begging his incompatible angels for an ocean of time
To reshuffle the same cards that are currently in use
As his days of hunt-and-devour are over and done with

Now that she's taken her battle where she can see it
She gossips those who once sought refuge in her nest
A premeditated tirade to discredit everyone of them
When the secret of her conquests finally comes out


Dedicated To Everyone
We All Have A Beauty That Is Still Blurry To Many 




Monday, June 11, 2018

Our Last Breath (...The Only Debt We Owe Time)


Most of the people still call this planet their home
Some murder innocent souls just to own a piece
Others believe theirs is somewhere in the skies
Alas a handful of people hope of life hereafter
But nobody knows what lies beyond this realm

Our expectation of an eternal journey is no ruse
As many would argue in order to dent the truth
Of what had been and continues to use everyone
In a world where many of us are still deliberating
If there's someplace somewhere only death gives

A new home after earth will always be a hotshot
About the soul's endurance beyond the end of life
And this has become a tasteless thought for many
Who strongly believe that our presence on earth
Was as a result of a time-worn blast presumption

No human can stop or slow the passage of time
Since our existence is remotely measured by it
After all it started the day we were duly conceived
Time had been and still remains the marker of life
That ensures our exits when we run out of breath

The thought of your last breath could be frightening
A moment of a fleeting transition into the unknown
Where many believe reincarnation is their best shot
To a place where they hope to relive their lives again
But who wants to return or knows where we're headed?


In Loving Memory of 
Emuesiri, Eunice, Rosemary, Tunde, Wale and others who PAID their DEBTS too SOON -- and to everyone still breathing: "conserve your breath until the timekeeper beckons"


Sunday, February 18, 2018

HATERS (...Your Success Is Their Nightmare)


The haters are always wallowing in their bitterness
As they still run about with your league of enemies
Who in times past wrote you off with their tongues
At the time your clock was way behind schedules

They confuse their self-created fame with relevance
Telling everyone how better they are than you are
Even though their privilege is no match for your wits
But wonder why you keep flourishing in their faces

They besmirch and shrug off your name in the open
Then run to you in secret when they have problems
A ploy to crawl their way back into your blissful life
Just to have a new story to tell when they convene

These human-vultures call you "brothers or sisters"
Titles they're willing to disparage with their words
Whenever your name overshadows theirs in public
As they wrestle and envy your endless successes

They will not give up on your stories anytime soon
That's the only oxygen they need to remain useful
Because they are always searching for new shoes
And they cannot go on barefoot without your name


To The HATERS: Get A Cure Now And Live Free!

Tuesday, October 31, 2017

Spiritual Whispers (...Voices Only The SEEKERS Hear)

They sweeten their words in order to get your approval
Claim they've been instructed to take you to the altar
Quote countless verses just to validate their maneuver
An ecclesiastical practice that is not chiefly biblical

Innocent sisters are being deceived by plausible liars
Who in the name of a quiet voice get their ill desires
They’ve relegated the Holy Spirit to their matchmaker
Even though it is written in the bible as the Comforter

The law of mutual attraction can never be manipulated
By those who think they can hoodwink the freehearted
Into embracing their presumed mythological reality
Which has become a religious heist in our society

Nonetheless we all have our marital choices to make
Not as a fallacious tour for every woman to partake
As it amounts to the very beliefs of personal gains
Cos lying and wooing in the name of God bring pains

Dedicated To "The Church"

Wednesday, August 30, 2017

Emotional Loopholes (...Learn To See With Your Heart)

It does please me to see how you expend every dime
On debasing my reputation instead of your own grime
Though I've consulted the god of time for my prime
That I may revel in the light of my inner sublime

It's true that you've got the appearance of an elder
But I wonder why you speak and behave like a toddler
You gloat every time over the demands of the needy
Yet you dine and wine in the same pool of necessity

The hypocrisy of the entire world is appalling
Everyone buys and sells that which is galling
Even though such trade is no longer appealing
To the folks who are dearly in need of healing

As many are being tossed and crushed beyond repairs
By the same system that might have enriched your coffers
Nobody needs the whole central bank to be generous
Or you can withhold everything and still be ravenous



Dedicated To Everyone:

The Eyes Alone Are Not Enough To See Everything

Thursday, March 9, 2017

Self Righteousness (...a tree is known by its fruits)

she walks like a strayed-pregnant cat
smiles at everyone she sets her eyes upon
flirts in the shadows with the unknowns
yet carries the holy book like her phones

she was branded queen of the night
a name she accepted without a fight
subjected herself to gossip and shame
all in the name of freedom and fame

the stench of her deed is unavoidable
behaviors considered inimical to life itself
are being patronized by the same crusaders
who now preach sanity with vile tongues

it's been eight years since she bowed out
her past is still trending on social media
perpetuated by some sanctimonious faces
who made fortunes from her way of life


To the holier-than-thou: ...Invest In A Mirror!

Untainted [...unbroken self‑worth]

It has been ages since my first day on earth I remain the same old wine I have been poured into different bottles yet my taste has not aged ...