Is it not me again? that through the slimy hand of the ogbono From mama Caro's seductive plates And the blinding pepper soup across the road To the bottom pot of Iyabo's jollof rice pot have I stained

This was the place we found the sun. In this water. Lékè and I. I was 14. He was 16. He saw it first. "See, the sun dances". But his finger did not point to the sky. It pointed downwards. To

And again today am cold.. frozen by the fiery hot flames of passion as I lay still For I had once loved when it was gold Till it all turned grey and that young innocent cupid turned gay. And again today

Why cant the night cry, when ocean creeks. Why not call God an artiste, when he is so creative. With nothing more than foolishness, we stare from a rare window. Taste the pain by instincts, And hear the

This was 6:17am in Nigeria, indeed nature is beautiful. #phone_photography #beauty_of_nature

You see the pain that lies in her eyes, But, alas, her eyes are dry, She won't cry. No, she won't cry. You see the anger that burns from her gaze, The madness that sets her eyes ablaze, She won't cry.

Twas a chilly evening, half-dirty compound, dry mango leaves scattered everywhere. Children playing with reckless abandon. There she sat, lost in thoughts. Shattered and wrecked after being euphemized

Trapped by the yoke of ache Surrounded by itching pain Clothe with melting misery Masked with a fresh fake smile Coloured by the sour stench of grief Enriched with panting hunger Flowered by budding envy

Her beauty is grandy-fied She's not stingy! Her tingy-tendy tender care rewinds the hands of a clock Like an eagle, she sees brightly in clog of fog soaring higher to watch and to guard the element for

Many at times we think that all is lost; we go through the winters of our lives. All our tries seems to be vainless efforts and our labors fail to yield forth positive fruits. The land upon which we sow

She is the queen of thistles -thorns - A beauty behind shades A pain in disguise A tale gone wrong. She's the glory behind shame The make-up as a mask To hide her bitter story The lass in vagrant nature.

Dear love, I love you yet I hate you,I despise you yet I adore you, I think of you always yet I don't think of you. I hate you I think, but deep down I know I don't. I love you yet I hate you because you

When they say age is just a number, this is what it means.. The keyword is Happiness That's all

She sat by the river bank Twitching her fingers Sipping her tears, as they came trickling down Her eyes beclouded by pain She dug her toes deep in the murky waters As she clutched the sand and let them

Dear priest, I stole. A person from a person. This is no case of the devil blindfold. This has me written all over. The moment I saw this man, this daddy, I fell. I fell from the ladder on which I stood,

Dollars asked my hand, Gold asked my hand, Crown askd my hand, My heart said no. Purples asked my hand, Cars asked my hand, Houses asked my hand, My heart said no. Those are what they want, Those are their

Hello, I'm Jasmine. Today I want to campaign for the hashtag #A_MEAL_A_DAY. And I hope it goes viral. One of the benefits of steemit is the face that you get to empower your local community. If you can't

My life has been before you,a book with no cover Since the day your love ripped me of all pride Down in emotional seizures,a defenseless sister How I'm so weakened by the poise in your stride. See! my

From blood, water, eyes I opened To behold me, a captive in this oven, Through a forlorn dismay, I walk and roam This house is not fair, but far from home! Fright; for the ones coming here Fight; for the

Coined from my high school diary. When I was in secondary school you use to call me derogatory names because I chosed to be different. You use to make a mockery of my decision to live right. I was always