WHEN

A poem dedicated to Roy Inyang as requested by Abimbola Otu

When the sun is gone, the night weary of stars

When the sea is licked up and life full of scars

When the heart can't bear to love anymore

The world mournful of souls she can't care for

When all you have left are blank memories

Of the choices you have to make which are not fair

When hope and faith is completely forsaken

For so long you've waited but time is running

When you can't find a reason not to get hurt

Look beyond your dreams, for you will find 

I will always be there to make you smile

For friends stick together till the end of time

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LOVE AT REST

Love at Rest (20) :::Days will pass !

To have your caring smile's refulgence an encore, for sure ;
I search you everywhere from dense forests to seashore.
When i look at heart's page for your merrier loving face,
Fair amount of grooming emotion sensitises your resurgence.

By your steering love my swelling heart inscribes few words
To be beside you and on the lap of your protected world.
I seek more presence of guardian angel , my healing agent,
The blooming intimacy enflames that'll never be left .

Moving unto my quest again i look up the blue sky.
Holding your solemn fingers solidity finds stakes on high,
A jar of beliefs regenerates for all time dreaming star.
But , Alas! A wish repeatedly collides with God's car.

My fettered heart takes off higher from ashes of mass
"Life is a thrashing crash and my days will pass."

©® deepak kumar dey dkd ,
Jan 18

THE SAINT

As you fighting on that sickbed
We out here hoping this ain't the end

The doctor assured us nothing will go wrong
Mama said just like papa you're strong

Hey do you remember the coffeeshop lady
The one you stole my card to buy her a teddy

Yes I remember her name Hannah
She brought you her smile and a banana

I hope you recall how you bragged about it
She's hoping you'll say something or just eat

You not a priest but your favorite place was the temple
You said it was the best hideout even from the devil

You got everyone's attention
They all pray for a benediction

Though I was the black sheep of the family
You believed in me honestly

In scorching sun you're like a patch of shade
You touched our hearts and now you want to fade

You never hesitated to swim against the tide
Every narrow path you took you made it wide

In an endless desert you're like an oasis
You never hesitated to take your chances

On a bruised heart you're like a soothing balm
Oh! Please open your eyes we'll slaughter the fat ram

In our darkest nights you're like the moon
We all hope you get well soon.

#The_Saint, 
#Merl_the_poet

© Manuel Komora 2018

Pic @gettyimages

I DO NOT NEED YOUR LOVE

I do not need your love
I have had enough
I have no more tears to sheared
You can’t hurt me anymore
Don’t bother trying to get back to me
No more playing games
I don’t need your bullshit at all
Save it for someone who cares

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FORGIVE US

Forgive us of our uselessness
Forgive us of our unfaithfulness
Forgive us of our unrighteousness
Suffer us not to perish         

We kill one another out of selfish gain
For earthly treasure which are merely in vain
There is no light in the darkness we seek
At the end of the tunnel brings only death

Though sin dwell among us
In your presence there is fullness of grace
Only in you will our heart not be broken
Our sins pardon and forsaken


As a nursing mother never forgets her child
Forget us not oh dear Lord
As our tastes are different
So also our problems are different

Visit us at the point of our need
And in our heart plant a new seed
Help us to grow in understanding
For your love which is unending

Instead of praising you in time of challenges
We murmured out of our foolishness
We forget your blessings in the past
How at the table you provided our daily bread

We are guilty of our sins, please forgive us
Bring thy judgment not upon us
But thy wroth taken away
Make us partakers of thy salvation today

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THE STATE OF MIND

Little children, if you are not learned

You will be missing a great deal of African history

The exploitation of our lands and the discovery of slavery

Not kings and queens, but prisoners they made our ancestors to be

The Europeans stole our linage and almost robbed us naked

Great men like Mandela, Martin Luther king

Fought off inequality against the black race until total liberation

As young as you are, the future is brighter when you have education

Little girls, like Dora Akuyili and Oprah Winfield

A great woman, you will come to be acknowledged

Boys, instead of becoming a murderer, rapist or terrorist

End up in prison for been a menace to the society

You can become a doctor, lawyer, a policeman or geologist

Protecting the human race and the world to exist

Providing to your family, building a happy home

Discouraging the war, are actions that brings hope

Learning means to stay in class, read all the books you can find

In no time will you have a positive future in your hand

The greatest gift given to man after the creation of the world

Is the power of self will, no one can limit the state of your mind

Always obey your parents, do what they tell you is good

The older you are the more valuable should be your state of mind

You can teach other young ones too as you learn and grow

I do not want you to become old and cannot read and write like some do

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I AM YOURS AND YOU ARE MINE

On the journey of a thousand miles
What keeps me going are your thoughts
My heart is very fond of you
Told me its difficult to live without you

Together we built blocks of compassion above the sky
Painted the world with the colour of your smile
The night became homely and bright
My dreams came to stay hence forth that night

Love, they say its dispensable
But love is the reason the world is beautiful
Why the sun and moon is alive, and the stars
For I could see them through your eyes

If the frame in my heart get broken into a million pieces
Each will carry but treasurable memories
Of all the moment's spent with you
For life would be meaningless without you

© Akan Udofia 2016

WHAT DO YOU GET WHEN YOU FALL IN LOVE?

The day I met Ibinabo, I fell in love without holding back

Our relationship looks promising, life was sunny and bright

Then the distance came and never left

Now I am so lonely in the dark, cannot find daylight

I met this girl Yetunde, told me she is a virgin, I should be patient

I could swear I took her for an angel, ignored everything my friends said

I trusted her, not until I saw her divorce paper hidden in her luggage

Two kids and out of wedlock, is too hard to comprehend

I sponsored Amaka through college until she graduated

My home and everything I had, to her I gave two third

The next day she started acting funny and keeping late night

She tells me sorry darling, you are not educated

There is this girl I met in church, proposed to her, wedding invitations all set

I had a stressful day at work, thought I go back home for comfort

There she lies in my bed sleeping with my best friend

It is the devil she says, your feelings I never meant to hurt

The world I have come to know is dead

I can't find love anymore; it is no use thinking about it

Pain, rejection and betrayal is all I get

I swear, I will never fall in love again until my death

I tried but there is not enough love in this world

Nothing I do makes a difference to change a girls mind

Not to put my trust on anyone, regretfully I have decided

It is better that way, if I want to keep what is left in my heart

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DO NOT LET ME GO

If truly you love me 
Do not let me go 
I might be from out of town 
I might be out of my mind

But the language of love is the same 
When ever it reaches out from the heart 
It might be through a song 
Or by coincidentally bumping into you 

Last time I recalled 
You are not afraid of making a call 
But seems to be selling yourself short 
Don't tell me you are afraid of commitment 

Please don't let me go back home 
Broken, sad and on my own 
No one can understand 
The way you make me feel 

Imagine a queen with a sad crown 
Going through a miserable night 
Life will be terribly alright 
Not able to find you by my side 

Why do you make me cry? 
Why can not I fall in love with you?
What is wrong if you take me home tonight 
Our relationship don't need to have a perfect start 

Hey boy, do not take me for a flirt 
Not everyone can control there feelings 
All I am asking is to be with you 
Please, don't send me back home tonight 

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A PERFECT GUY

I never said I am a perfect guy
What if I told you it is all but a lie
In my heart I hide so many secrets
I am sorry; I did not mean to be selfish

You are honest, kind, loving and caring
Everything you have, never mind sharing
The guilt of betraying your trust
It is tearing me apart

Please forgive me, I want to be your man
I have learnt to be a better man
I will take all the thrashes out
Build the walls of our relationship from the start

Allow me to fix all that is broken
For all you have got is forsaken
It is amazing to behold your beautiful smile
I will give everything away so it never dies

I could never leave you with a heart break
I will be by your side when you are awake
I never had the privilege to say thank you
The best thing that has ever happened to me is you

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LOVE AND HATE

Dedicated to the victims of Benue State Killing by the Fulani Herdsmen in Nigeria

We underestimated the power of hate

See how much sorrow it brings to our gate

Every single day is another death

Our sons and daughters murdered by gunshot

Only God knows the depth of our hate

Religion is taken for a bait

Around me adversaries have gathered

They tried to take my life, but it's too late

I wondered if the lord can take the pain out

If He will ever forgive us of this insanity

How can we our grievance be buried

When a little child is afraid to sleep

If you are not careful, you maybe next

Do not let them Fool you, that it is alright

Everyone is a victim, for the society is lost

Our leaders have gone mad

With tears in my heart

I prayed for love to be shared

Here and now, so we can be one indeed

For there to be peace, love is all we need

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AGAINST THE WALL

Is your back against the wall?

The heart troubled, tired and weary

And cannot find hope or courage at all

The heart on every side dying slowly

It is true the calmness of the sea

Cannot ease a troubled soul

A weak heart can bear no will

Like working with an unambitious tool

Just when you think the enemies has taken your life

Take a closer look deeply into the sky

You will notice the life we have is very brief

With angels by your side, where you fall you cannot lie?                        

Learn to look past the mirror when you are worried

And you will see the sun smile, either or not your perfect

Impossible will fly away from your path

Faith moves away the mountains and problems solved

No wonder He made man in His likeliness

Fought our every battle even unto tomorrow

He knows you cannot thread on your own without His grace

When God knocks at your door, He takes away sorrow

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BEFORE YOU JUDGE ME

I don’t know what I did
For dad to walk out on me
Before my first birthday
It hurts me everyday in my dream

What am I supposed to do?
To justify that the world is not mean
This is a burden I tried to get rid off
For I never knew love

She is a stranger to me
What is a happy family supposed to be?
Before I could have a life, it was already over
Maybe because I am prone to anger

Makes me to be naive
I wonder if I would live long
Enough to have my own kids
I have been on the street since I was five

I was forced to be a man
No one around to lend a helping hand
They told me keep away from stress
How could I when the sky is always clouded

If you really want to help me
Then do the right thing
But if you cannot, please shut up
And let me be

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HAPPY NEW YEAR

Happy New year 
May the Lord God bless you 
Throughout the end of the year 
With favour fulfilled as promised
Of joy and everlasting laughter 
Upliftment, so also breakthrough 
And progress in all troubled circumstances 
For I will take care of YOU 
Saith the Lord

 Akan Udofia 2018