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I'LL PAY THE PRICE

Whispers no longer suffice
Its time to pay the price
I’ll give it all to you this day
No matter what will or may

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WHOLE ARMOUR OF GOD

The battle is fierce
It yieldeth much tears
For we wrestle not they
Who fall easy when we sway. 

Their blows they rain down
Blood bleaches our gown
But they fight and prevail not
For by his [...]

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Widows of War...

the land is bare, the men have gone to war
silence takes the greeting at the door

time and again in the past some have gone
here on these biers they were borne

so after the gun and the bullet
[...]

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Me, myself and I.

i am the son of my mother
the child of my father

floating like a ship with no rudder
in in this sea called life
almost under
the waves with which i strife
my face raised to the [...]

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tears...

…for those who have lost a mother

my face is wet

and i know not yet

whether it be rain or tears

my heart beats

with spasmodic feats

is it anticipation or fear that bring this tears

i see through the blur

of [...]

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They've come, again...

we have us only hope as friend
and when he dies, then comes the end

they’ve come again to spit their words
our self-crowned gold Lords
what have we not heard
are we not the gullible herd?
their words [...]

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The Race Begins Again...

The Race Begins Again…

they have come again to the track
familiar faces awaiting the pistol crack
and he that gets there first
shall soon have a puffed up chest

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NS Ramblings5:

They sit in their clay thrones and peer down, human drones they throw muck and mock your words and poke at them with heated swords they leave the logs in their eyes and tear your precious words like mice [...]

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NS Ramblings4: Of R-Bees and Tees

as the sun goes down,  i sit with my pen

in the gloomy darkness of my den

there in the pot is the ink

all that’s left is for me to think

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NS RAMBLINGS 3

i know a country

where wisdom is green like leaves on a tree

i know a place where words glint

like white diamonds with no tint

i know a wall where the prints of fingers

leave a trail of stains that lingers

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IS MY HEART DONE SOLD?!

Is my greedy heart shackled and sold To growing coins of burnished gold? Now the sounds of crowded coins Stirs tunes of pleasure in my loins. Is my hope built on wealth that bides Only like the ever changing tides? [...]

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NIGERIA: how far we have gone (PART2)

50 cycles have come and gone 50 seasons under the sun Suns have risen and set Life and taunting death Strifing peace and gentle war [...]

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WE PRAY AND WAR?

some say their vespers no louder than muted whispers and some scrape the vocal cords with scraping words rougher than the palms of the man who works our farms [...]

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NIGERIA... how far we have gone!

NIGERIA @ 50: a story in verse

The land that flowed with milk and honey
Forests green, sun sunny
Belles pretty lads strong
Sweet were words in our song
Tall was our humble pride
Wisdom was our teaching guide
Peace in hand, war in pouch
The gourd our plate, the mat our couch
To- their words were men bound
Till the six feet sojourn below the ground

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THE DESERT ORACLE

…on the selection of a Northern Consensus Candidate The revered oracle has spoken
After much offers, much token?
And how my heart did tickle
When I heard he said, “Ah-tee-koo!“They asked, “is the Oracle a swine

Drunken with strong wine
[...]

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