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‘COUNSELS FROM THE COLOSSUS’

Hiking late in the dim woods Through the alleyways filled with flaking leaves I hash out at the cross paths. Long rambled far home  In quest of a pet, a tranquil cat, to play with I found it, it dented me, and far along, it cut off. By-land are the tombs By-back are the jackals Within, heartbeats of an acquitted mortal. My serene Nannas shadowed  My faithful associates counseled But the Hyena left, for the colossus.

IN A NATIVE NATION

At her menopause, the whole ball of wax had been melted She already had five ‘toddlers’ and all schooling Being a tenant in this world had become very expensive For if her husband could not bear it for her alone, how of the kids? She became tired of just surviving She left home. She landed far from home, in a native world and nation She decided to tussle and hustle for her kids to get the best education She wanted her children to have the best life in their future A life that would lead them liberalized and valued by the society For she was tired of being fed up by the bitter lies from the society –  Lies of hope and support… She was chasing a dream veiled in her star She believed in a star from their progeny, a shooting star That she sweared to rather die a maiden in a native nation Than to listen from the lies of hope and support from the society Then stare at her star fade It was a dream that she'd one day do all the things they all said she couldn't And she believed that ...

IMAGINARY HATERS

We launched the 21st century, a century we hoped will be full of critical thinkers Liberalized people who were ought to change the world People full of love regardless of their race, faith or political stands And it has happened Though it’s like we dragged along with us the imaginative world The progenies of the 19th and 20th centuries still in our midst. This is the world where people lived in fear of things that never existed – They feared magic, feared warlocks and everything  Since they were implanted with myths and misconceptions That the world wasn’t a good place to live like God instructed us to That the world was full of evil people – everyone evil So they couldn’t believe or trust anyone, but fear everyone And as a result, they had imaginary haters. This is the pride progeny that will boast of nothing and everything naïve  So as to outnumber their imaginary haters. You will see them in their media apprises – their statuses Always in war with imaginary haters. This...