1. Tomorrow
Tomorrow tens will come
I will get the big house down the road
Tomorrow my love will take me home
And I will bare many children as the Custom is
Tomorrow many nations will ask me to
Make for them portraits for future Purpose
Tomorrow the angels shall fly over my
Head telling me what to do for that man
And tomorrow I will celebrate my birth
What if tomorrow never comes
Will I cry,what will I do if tomorrow ends
Am I fit to enter that beautiful place
Which is my tomorrow.
2. Abike
Ruled by the sun
Powerful and often successful
Adventurous, courageous, confident and Arrogant
Down to earth and earthly
With ambitions and much work
To reach the top in the society
Willingness to take risks
Very suspicious but can be trusted
Skin like that of the sun
Glows like the oil from the olives
Perfect as the rocks on the Plateau
Clean as the falling spring in Kerang
She will wash five times five to be sure
Her eyes sparkles like the stars of the sky
Abike is rich in figure
She is whole in height
A heart like that of a Lion
Love is a strange word to her
But the power of love LIFE
She will loose so quick beneath
3. Rebirth
All the while my heart ached
For true love one that is patient
I dream daily of that day
The day he shall say
Beautiful you are O! purity
Could it be you of my dreams
Is this the real you
Are you African or Western
Do you believe we can make this work
I want you to warm my bed
I want to be the one to
Discover that black waist
Put you in a family way
And produce a new race
4. Power full of shame
Obtain mercy O! child
For the road maybe narrow
Throw your heart away to the Delta, your beginning
Cleanse every wanted blood
Do that which you promised
For we are no longer patient
At first you seemed perfect
You rained words of promises
We rejoiced hearing that
You mounted the barren seat
Only to watch your shameful face of deceit warm the Niger.
5. Heroes
Hear me O! heroes of my time
The battle just started
It started from that day
The day of affection for our own
The green pot of herbs
Disperses an irritating smell of pain, death, discomfort, suicide and political unrest
Heroes!
Yes I call you heroes
Because I know you stand out
Brave like the Eagle
Overcomers like a field of thick rich grasses
Heroes of my time
Will surround the world with innovations discoveries, champions and crown it with
greatness
Because the heroes of my time are undefeatable
They will transform their home; heritage from above ,to a Haven
O! heroes hear .
6. Revolution
Queen of the coast,how happy
I am that you are back
It dawned on me that you were
man enough to control the coast
Fist of our forefathers
Lay strong on the landed property
Owned by the people
What a disappointment it is
To watch nature flushed into the bowel of a few.
7. My last husband
Dangling breast of horror
Breath taking sight
Ocean tears of disgust
Belly filled with the white charm
My last husband was horror
First smelt of rose then .
8. Seat of Justice
Bite a bit of broad fire
Fire in the hills and valleys
Aso-Rock a seat of Justice
Manipulations ,laws and regulations
Built by the mouths
Who lie of their ability
Those whom the coat does not size
Those full of shame
Mouths of dishonor and shame
Coats unfit, abandoned regulations
The supreme unjust,seat of wisdom
now bare
Powerless power.
9. HAUWA
Beautiful like the moonlight
Hauwa is dark-tall slender
Maybe her mother was
See her long hair separated
Each from hair poured
Straight to her back
Her lips are black as though
There was a little touch from the
Pot coal
Her eyes are lit up like gold bronze
Although tall,she is moderately straight
Even,when she walks I fall for her steps
Hauwa is a proud woman
Who loves her culture and nature
She was born that way, she does not
Ethnitize herself from others
Her love for humanity is outstanding
I want to be like Hauwa when I grow up.
10. My mother
My mother epitome of beauty
Straight like an iron
Dark as the coal
Beautiful as ever
Proud at every step
Smiles at every achievement
Outstanding always
There to comfort me
Cleans my tears with hers
Supporting always
I believe in my mother
Courage brought her this far
11. Moonlight
The beads of her waist
The curves of her hips
The protruded back curves
Her flattened tummy
Your over grown oranges
The lips of honour
The nose,how African
Dimples of beauty
Eyes of captive
The black hair, how tough
The beautifully made akwaoche
With signs of the east
Sound of beads
Carefully adorned to her legs
The drumstick
The dancing feet
The pounding ground
The pulsating rhythm
12. Taxi Driver
Turn round, replace revelation
With evolution, accompanied with
Manifestos of Change
Zoom with a hand of power and
Integrity
Be the people's owner
Change the unwanted part
Replace with strong and reliable
parts
Black and stagnant oil
Should be evacuated and replaced
With refined and new ones
To prevent pollution
Stand out rebranded
Renewing the mindset of others
Remain that giant of the masses
Surprise the world
With your speed
Miss Africa
Original rivers flown through her
Her mouth forms the undiluted
Genres and species,
Miss Africa leaves her friends
Amazed at her royalty.
Royalty runs in her vein
That is her nature
Miss Africa suffers the pain of
Backwardness
She loves her people
But they ruin her reputation beyond
13. Measures,
Now her friends see her as a traitor.
Maybe I will introduce her to
Another friend of mine
Who will teach her self confidence
She will learn fast,
She is a fast learner.
In the days she
Cried of rejection,
Her tears will flow
Through the rivers of
Africa, faraway to the land
Of Oze.
Miss Africa is beautiful
Her steps can
Uncrown the OONI.
An Ode To Night
It was surprising how my father refused
To pick up the orange that fell,
At the back of our house directly
Close to my window.
It was night I peeped I saw it
It was yellow shinny from a distance
Its green friend was with it.
It was night, night they said is
For strangers, I heard them say it the other,
Night in the next room.
14. They say that night is trouble
But night opens my mind to new
Realities.
Oh night!
I dream of seeing the morning
Were roses are at my feet
Sweet small raising
Hopes high.
I thought to bring night
Closer because real men
Think at night, they make
Changes at night.
Though night is powerful
It makes me shiever.
OMONIYI
Omoniyi,that thick
Well-sious line, his father's
Three straight-curved lines
On both sides of the face ,his fathers father
Quarter of an inch horizontal-line
15. His fathers-fathers-father
Two vertical lines on both
Sides of the face and two
Cuts on the arm;- a mark of royalty
Jegede the son of a cocoa farmer
Fluent in the artificial tongue
Straight like an Iroko
But he wears four horizontal lines
Beautiful Alake
Three thick, slant lines
On both chicks
What a difference- they are not compatible
Even in our generation
Agbaje the son of Akala
who is Alake's father
Will choose for the bride
Though from the same clan
THE HERO
Broad Chested
Hands like a timber
Voice of a lion
Words of faith
16. Tangled team of victory
Remains firm
Believes in Justice
Approaches his fear
Acknowledges his victory
Tramples each set backs
Eyes like the lightening
Indomitable In charge
Endures each pain
Selfless inaction
Believes in freedom
Loves his people
Speaks for his people
Keeps his people
Fight's for his people
Believes in his people
My Child
My suckling breast is full of milk
I wish to tell you a story,
"Early that morning, I had a little
17. Ache and I turned, only to see you
Almost out,
My heart was full of joy,
But this was not how I wanted it to happen
The last thing I remember is that ,mum said
" The baby will come out",
My child if only you can feel my heart beat,
It beats so fast,
And I wish to carry a child of wisdom,
Yes."
Agony
All on black, mourning the exit
Her glory scrapped, so shiny
She use to be the apple of
The families eye,
18. The most beautiful of
All daughter in-law, the
Most admired,
Now , she is a murderer.
Gripped unknown
Relieved of everything,
Everything ever worked for
The grieve of going empty
The emptiness of staying alone
Isolated bringing back memories
Of the past
Rotten culture, uncivilized
Turns our women to dust.
Is this what we want
For the future,
Is this calamity of old going to continue
In this era,
Are we alert or asleep to disunity
Is disunity going to restore peace?
OGBANJE (reincarnation)
Another hater of earth
Fresh from the Almighty
Elegant as it may
Another sweet bitter experience
19. Making its way down to earth
O! What a stage life is,
The mark of silence
Unusual names coined
Thick marks of death given
The village voice on his
Way to pluck that
Which may help; the strong arm of health.
Not again, not another mishap
Not another loss,not even another
Conception, not another labour
Not another hater of earth
O! Death take me instead of these.
Faceless
Tossed back and front
From the dark to light
Unable to think,fight!
When the government of the day
Becomes blind it's called
A faceless entity.
Yes we voted change,
Yes we need change,
And yes we got change.
A change in possibilities,
A change in division
And a change in the populace.
20. When the government of the day
Is paralysed, governs itself not the citizens,
Fortunes are misinterpreted.
Yes they preached change,
Now there is change,
Even in their homes
But I congratulate the people,
For they know what they want,
They will stand in faith together and,
Change the government of the day.
A LETTER TO DIMPA
I woke up today, remembered all we
Had gone through together
I remembered the times that were so hard,
So hard that we lost precious things.
I also remembered times that we laughed hard,
21. Celebrated with our hearts full of joy.
We celebrated our wins with a yellow brown teeth
Then,we strengthened ourselves, having hope
For the better
Then, the kids were little and smart,too little to
Understand
Too little to contribute,but we never relented
To believe in ourselves
Then, we fought smartly with our knowledge
We were too humble to use a weapon
Yes, I remembered when our streets were free from crimes,
Everyone lived as neighbors truly.
I also remembered when we had everything,
We will share to our neighbors cos we had a lot.
Dimpa,I just want to tell you that I remember everything, they are still fresh
In my memory.
Dimpa I want you to remain strong; I know that you are,
But, please put more effort
I know you are productive,
And I know that you can produce better memories
Of the past.
22. NELSON MANDELA
A rare gem of our time
Great he was the man of Africa
The strength of his people
"Once a person is determined to help
Themselves, nothing can stop them".
He was not a Messiah but an
Ordinary man who became a leader
He was a voice
A voice that stood the test of time
He stood the test of his faith
A giant of Africa
Who became an apostle of
National reconciliation
A gem of love
A rare treasure
He left his anger behind and walked a Freeman
Yes, he was a selfless leader
He inspired the world with his steps
Madiba has no likes
23. He took history in his hands
Sure his memories
Remain glued, even to a foetus
His heart was made of gold not iron
His strength made a name
He kept living the future of a
Great nation; his people
True,a great light has gone out
"Avoid violence" he preached,
A true ambassador of peace
The most influential African to live
A man of honour, Nelson Mandela.
The shock
The same things I forgot
Caught me down my feet
I should have known earlier
Shame brought me this far
My own heart
24. My own blood
Unjust to my dignity, my virtue
Best of all left me blind
Made me confused
Left me dimmed
Out of my world
My tongue stern as ever
Stares clearly
So much pain,the tears
So much blood,the shout
And another of me