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WHEN? When are we going to talk about the poverty ravaging in the land? When the three-square meals have become a thing of the past, When the meagre incomes are spent even before the time passes the half mark, When the majority have turned to beggars,  When industries are packing up  everyday,  When hunger registers more death rate compared to accident When rags and tattered clothes become the official uniform of the populace, When homelessness can't let us differentiate between the masses and the electric poles - they both sleep out I ask, When? When will we get to iron out the ritual and serial killings? When people are slaughtered every day like fowls, Many are massacred for gullible and delusional reasons, When the loud sounds of wailings and sorrows deafen the few remaining, When the blood of innocents flow in the land like natural resources, When our people are displaced and rendered homeless almost every hour, When beautiful you...

Like the sun in the morning, He came into the world a champ, His arrival brought joy and laughter to everybody's faces, Everyone welcomed him with prayers and high expectations, He was a blister of hope Oh! Dear boy, He grew and developed into loving and caring hands, He was the pride of the clan, A deposit of praises and adoration, He was welcomed like rainfall after a long drought Oh Dear boy! He soiled every record in school, Teachers were marvelled, Friends were wowed, A good example at church, Oh Dear boy, He got stuck in the strong net of peer pressure, Dreams and aspirations were washed down the drains, Grades were dropping like Naira to Dollar, The once good boy went worse Oh Dear boy, He had a U-turn in his life, Drugs and fraud became his best friends, Codeine and Tramadol became his food, "It is the money of my forefathers" he says, He was the royal 'Highness' He got his joy from other...

Old Mr Death, I have a complaint against your nefarious deeds. Yes, I know you are inevitable But I hate the fact that you are inconsiderate You are a foe of all races, Putting fear in the face of humanity. How dare you? You took our loved ones and left us in pain You turned a sweet home sour You set our lives in jeopardy. How could you ruthlessly pull the child's life like a tooth? Their happiness you mercilessly devour, this I yearn the sooth. Your cruelty knows no measure Don't you have a heart or it is made of stone?  You leave every house you visit in mourning You wickedly snatch the only child of a widow Leaving the walls and sands wailing Her being and joy leaped out the window. You gladly feed on the good, leaving the wicked to rot You took the young lad with dreams, how unthoughtful of you He was on the track to achieving greatness Until you came and snatched him away Here I wonder what his offense was. You are like the air in all nations A...

Image credit :  FES THE FEAR OF FEAR. This feeling is unpleasant and can make you impuisant Fear is instinctive, learned and taught It dictates the action you take It is more an enemy than an ally, so I thought The tiny innocent insect skim by, I screamed in holy fright, Fear send my subconscious mind on a journey, It kept me locked up in the cage of insecurity. I enjoy that part of my day, When I lay in my bed, ready to slip into dreamland. How sad all the scenarios I had conjured in my mind, Words I have left unsaid. If only I had the courage to speak. But I was afraid, I was scared to say. I am afraid of being heartbroken I am in trepidation of being rejected People will vibrate if it end up in divorce Or what if I become widowed? Oh no that I can't conjure This is the reason I remain single. For the fear of failure, I deprived myself the pleasure of success. I look into the dark ahead, I gave up even before I began Because I am afraid o...

If I turn around and walk out of life, Will anyone notice I am gone? I find it hard to measure my worth on a scale The world doesn't even care. Sitting on the bridge of depression Ready to jump into death My heart pumping pain My face as white as snow This is a life I didn't ask for. I feel hollow deep within I feel life has rejected me My folded tears fight to be free You  stared into my eyes for long How blind you are, you didn't see my smile was shallow I jab and cut into my skin Wishing that could bring eminence I lay buried deep in dejection In pain  I call for death Death refuse me, it refuse to be an ally When I stare into the mirror I saw a frightened weak self I called the attention of some pills Wishing the bottle could take them away for ever But every time I rise from sleep I find yourself in dysphoria Please help I screamed But the world appear silent to my cry. I am alone, no one cares I wish to be shown love, Hopping to...

Some pains will bring the beast out of you If you've been fake, some pains 'll outrightly make you live true Some pains make our lives true through what we're going through And some pains serve as a cue To help us checkmate life's puzzle too. When failure hug you out of the blue And yo'er desperately looking for someone to sue When hardship to your life bitterly glue And you feel like yo'er been hit by juju The pains may exceed breaking a bone or two But, remember, yo'er you And pain is part of what makes you too. Hug it tight... Use it as a weapon in life's fight Let it drive you to set things right Stop been limited by fright For a friend like pain can catapult you to a place of attainable height. Credit : Dammy Crescent Image credit  Diversified Health