If roses were black I will spray a beam of light To puncture the stem Then drain the toxic nectar …
African Literature and Lifestyle in One Pot
If roses were black I will spray a beam of light To puncture the stem Then drain the toxic nectar …
Madam Night took you on a date Into raised dust of streets Your eyes like frog’s rolling the contours of the littered street The Woman of Your Dreams may be anywhere, everywhere You have never been lucky with the ruby pearl called love The definition…
Content: The Moon and Her Lover Oh, Thank You Lost Innocence Purpose The Journey The Moon and Her Lover The Moon contemplated him in the dark Unaware of his love for her She bathes him with energy and kissed him with her light As if…
When the cock coughs, to the stream have I gone — treading slippery paths with nimble feet: to fill every man’s pot; To quench the thirst of his needs. When the sun rises from his slumber, to the farm have I gone — wobbling through…
I grew up looking down At my feet Afraid of my eyes And the truths that shine in them. _ Call me a stranger Call me blood and bone It doesn’t matter You killed me either way. _ I tell people I rose in love…
For some of us Our path is set We are now an embodiment of love We give to those who seek and those we choose to And we do not ask for anything in return For we have become deities…Deities of Love. Willingly we have…
We all know of crooked brutes Hoisting flags of guardian angels— Our own uniformed protectors. A squad of armed barbarians Gathers to serve and protect our lot. They’re aliens; Peace will never reign. Speak of guardian angels Who detest being seen as cherubs, But…
Fell in some unconscious revel With all my senses quite feeble. But I was roused up to discover That some virus paused the world. T’will fade away in no time— Just some vainly uttered oracle. For months passed in a while, And weeks just…
The Widow’s Son He died trying to Be a better father To the son he had Longed for years To have as a man, And he could not Live long to father The child he had Become a dad to. The child was…
The green leaf will dry and fall from the tree. The grass will also wither, helplessly. So too, shall I die. Then, set my body on fire and pour the ashes in a bottle. Place it in the hollow of the leafless tree.…