LOVE FOR TWO

Good morning beautiful
I love the way you smile
Like a tender flower
I will adore you forever

When the sun rise
And the wind whispers
I will be here by your side
Through happy and sad time

Take my heart
For it is yours to have
When the night is cold and blue
I will hold the candle for you

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STOP TELLING ME LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL

DEDICATED TO THE VICTIMS OF TANKER EXPLOSION IN LAGOS, NIGERIA @ OTEDOLA BRIDGE ON 29TH JUNE, 2018.

How can one measure such grief
The brutal demise that fell upon us
As the flame burn high above the sky
The sun could not wipe away the tears in our eyes

She also fell down on her knees and cry
For many, the world came to an abrupt end 
But how much torture must a child go through?
Before we come to aknowledge that life is awkward 

I can not imagine how it feel
Knowing that a beloved father is gone
The sudden sadness over losing ones best friend
The tragedy of a mother whose child has become an orphan 

How can I go to sleep tonight?
Knowing another day will pass by without your smile
I will be broken and miserable the rest of my life
The burden is too enormous to bear

It is disheartening when the news broke last night
It is so sad, I wanted badly to die with you
The pain is tearing my world apart
Life I knew and cherish is now in disarray

I was born to believe life is beautiful
But someone took out the diamond in the sky
It is wrong to assume I would again find love by my side
Who is going to fix the things life has broken?

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MY STORY

My story is sad but true
Not the life of someone beautiful
I was born without a home
Became a man since I was four

Hawking daily on the hallow street
Tattered cloth and tattered shoes
The world left me with a broken dream
Said I do not stand a chance 

It is like no one loved me
Life never gave me the answer I seek
I did not choose to be here 

But I have to protect my interest

I do not expect you to understand 
But believed I can make it to the end
Never stopped walking 

Until I saw the stars smile

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