Ukpong Nsikak Andrew
Word Words
Can your soul hear those words ?
Words spoken from your heart
For it came like an angel
With no blaspheming clues to ponder
I heard those words
And my heart gladdened
I heard those words
And my heart opened.
Fragrances of those words
Mesmerized me like a love song
You made promises of care
Vows that would rethink a soul.
I tripped, I trembled.
I freeze, I surrendered
But now I know
That words from the mouth
Are not the same like words from the heart.
Ukpong Nsikak Andrew
Love Ballads
Love bites
Love hurts
Love stains.
When it bites
It keeps a wound for remembrance.
When it hurts
It makes provision for healing.
When it stains
It leaves a long time smell
Of invisible desire.
Ukpong Nsikak Andrew
How deep is your Love
The sea so deep
that it houses the fish
The sky so high
that the birds could reach
The forest so wide
That it harbours all creatures
How deep is your Love ?
The necter,
A feeding place for the butterfly
The nest
A resting place for the birds
The web
A protector for the spider
Where do you place your Love ?
Your mouth
Does it reflect your hearts thoughts ?
Your foot-steps
Does love direct her ?
Your action
Does it show love?
Think more
How deep is your love ?
Ukpong Nsikak Andrew
None could
Who could withdraw the will
Made from the throne of grace
None could !
Who could fight his power
And live till the end !
None could !
When he says Yes
Who could say No
None could !
When he lifts us up
Who could put us down
None could !
Who could tell his ways
Nor knows his will
None could !
Who could share his throne
And deliver a perfect judgement
None could !
Who could be like him
A blemished lamb
Whose blood redeemed us
From our inquities
None could and none would
Ahmed Dodo
Bread and Butter
Some want bread, others asked for,
Butter - bread and butter they insisted.
Look more closely - many are hungry,
Praying only for water to soften their taste.
Some have bread, others have butter,
While many dont have a piece of corn.
Bread and Butter - toasted daily on selected
Plates, aroma whispering pass many nose.
Take a look with open mind - many clouded
Tears are masked away on helpless faces
Not Afraid
Hard times, stormy days, trials, pains,
And sorrows - not afraid, time would steal,
Them silently away.
Lost, threat, hunger, worries and bites.
I am not afraid - just part of those,
Things that come and go..
Let the day come and the many challenges,
Along - I am not afraid as long as the air,
Is still free and the sky up there.
Mistakes, failures and distresses - still not,
Afraid - I am alive and still watching their,
tricks with open mind.
I tell you - I am not afraid of the many things,
That goes on and on aroung God's free land,
As long as smiles are still free.
Charles Opara
Okunrin Ejo
Huge black stains
In the sullen azure
That warns of rains
Throng over valleys and verdure
Where they find repose
For their dismal assembly
Thick dark undergrowths
And deep dark valleys
Receive its fierce embrace
With matching ardor
This is the dreaded fortress
Said to harbor
Snakes of all species
Viridian clusters wide and dense
Off tall iroko trees
Shield out sunrays like a reclined fence
Giving dark shades under their canopies
The clouds above making them more intense
Here, day never seems to break
And with everything so silent
Nothing seems to wake
But the night in torment
The lash of a whip
Sounded like a clap ot thunder
Again silence starts to muster
Then folllows a flash of lightening
Giving a seconds luster
To the ground so frightening
Wooden crosses ?
This was once a burial ground
The night hisses
An eerie piercing sound
Like the buzz of many snakes
Seeking and smelling out danger
The ground shakes
To the sound of something even stranger
Starting out like whistling
Then fading like a squeal far away
Again the treest start bristling
And leafy branches sway
For no apparent reason
The sound of whispering spirits
Reach deep inot the night
Chattering in their cold disparate voices
Causing falling leaves to take flight
A billlion souls lament :
"We will continue to dwell in vengeansss"
"Until justisss is enthroned"
"Malisss gets her sentensss"
"And out deathsss are atoned"
Destiny is perturbed
For eons the hissing noise persisted
"Hearken"
"Put usss to the tessst"
TO BE CONTINUED