The Recipient

Stop raping me she says, Stop kneeling on me he says, Stop treating us like we are less than we are, they both say… You promised you wouldn’t kill us yet we were taken against our will and forced to build for you, then you say we are not good enough. Those left behind have […]

Rinsed Plight

Cast a net on my emotions oh glorious one Help me catch these feelings that now overwhelm me I am drowning in a river of my own demise Setting aside all that I know to be the truth; your word Only to erect these false monuments of ideals that do not have foundation in the […]

I Sin Twenty Times

A man with Quintessential attributes is man society dictates as being dramatic, for such a man hate is the accepted emotion expressed whenever he is to be received. “They” tear at him, doing their utmost best to peel him layer by layer to prove him a fraud. Waking up to a world where this man […]

Sold Out

I looked at this for a long time and it became more evident that I am nothing but a tool to you. I have become the sole object of your satisfaction. I am the puppet and you my puppeteer. You run my day by simply pulling on the right strings, my confidence is gone as […]

Raisin

The heat you feel is generated by disloyalty It starts like an ordinary idea but then a thought is born The action that follows is always a minor one, but then the deed is done The little things they say always grow up Wanderers often loose sight of the important things They constantly search for […]

Capital “X”

The next bread comes before the first day, the light and the darkness fall on the night My might is lost as my sight struck by plight Who can help the strong? and who should hate on the weak? Why does the driver keep to the road? and why does the time look out into […]

Capital “T”

Those that find themselves standing in the empty room of imagination count sheep They Day dream and reminisce over untapped memories and unfulfilled visions To them, participating would have been the best choice; but their time is all spent Time does not reward all this neglect rather attempts to normalize alienated feelings Motion sickness all-around […]

Comfortable Complacency

Idleness breeds Mindless curiosity towards the conceptual versions of what the truth is not All these seem to keep me busy as the world chooses to Trend my nation #Nigeria We are under siege it might seem but the reality of this realization is that many do not share this obvious burden The average man […]