Category: Poems

ONE CHANCE!!!

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In the places no one can see
A cry calls forth like a Sultan’s kakaki
For expression for light it seeks
It calls from without and within
And I could stretch and stretch and stretch
I could even tear my bones out of my flesh
And reach out I would with even greater vigor reach out I would
You see, I already kissed my past goodbye
Told folks of my destination heights
My starting point the skies
Big plans big dreams big sights
All crumpled up to what now seems to be a lie
Cos no matter how hard I try
To touch or take a glimpse perhaps find out what my future is like
Beyond this heavily clouded skies of my present
The rays of its brightness would always stop short of my nail’s ends

To let go of my dreams and live in the past
To force a smile as fate hands me the defeated card
Yet cry in the rain wondering what should have come to pass
To point an accusing finger at my successful counterparts
To curse my luck and find an excusable fault
To stop trying and give up remains the easy part
Alas!!! I’ve come too far to let go now
If I could live through the absence
Of mama and papa cuddled over my cradle watching me do my nonsense
Their love teaching me the value of life’s essence
If I could learn to laugh till my ribs hurt
If I could find satisfaction in lack and wealth though poor
If I could find a friend when a brother was too much to afford
If I could beat the odds and survive the storm
If then I didn’t give up or surrender to the norm
I know I can breakthrough if given a chance but one

Though in this deep struggle for the top
Yet of this truth I’m so sure
That if given just about a chance I can conquer all
I wish I could scream for help from the rooftops
But I’m so filled with ravaging hunger and malnutrition queued up
Preoccupied with survival so I don’t notice as my mentality demons and my environment gang up
They struggle to drown out my cries my hope
If only one could hear my stifled moan
In the places no one can see
A cry calls forth like a Sultan’s kakaki
For expression for light it seeks
It calls from without and within
Perhaps someone will hear and give heed
Whether he be the eagle I seek or a mocking jay
Then that chance I need may come someday
I know I am just another orphan today
But if given a chance I know I will prevail.

By
Ezeonyeka Godswill
hAPpY cHiLdrEn’S dAY Nigeria!!!

nEVER aBOUT me!

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If I could trade all
Just to raid off,
Then, I know
It’s never about me.
Give up most pleasures
Just to build up my treasures
Then I know,
It’s never about me.
Toil all night
To win all fights.
Then, it’s never about me.

Staining all the ego’s of life
Just to avoid the pains of the knife,
Then, I trust and know
It is never about me.
Sweating out day and night,
To make life pay and right,
Then, it’s never about me.

Watching the face around the fence,
Hoping that life will bring them defence,
Then, I know
It’s never about me
Watching smiles mixed with fears
Then, I know that the ends seems near
I just realized that hopes are raised high
As voices cry out miles.
Then, I said to myself,
It never could have been all about me.

Destinies wake up!
To responsibilities look up
For great men to fire on
Bringing answers to so many questions
Solutions to mud problems.
Laughter to frowning faces
Comfort to troubled souls
Hope to failing hearts
Sparks of joy to crying ears
And above all, salvation to lost souls
Then, we know, it was never about us.

Just like Jesus taught
In His pains He still fought
Living up to the story
Just to gain the glory
That we all might be free at last
Only because He understood the fact
That, it was never and would never
Be about Him!
ACT LIKE JESUS !!!

by
Macaulay Priscilla

RECLAIMING MY CONFIDENCE

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Drowning in the ocean of mediocrity,
I felt i never had an ability;
It all seems like a disease in my mentallity,
That is even proclaiming my timidity;
It began as a feeling…
then a thought…
and it finally became my doom,
Thereby enclosing me in a sad room;
I just wanted to be free from this mindset,
but I felt I would still go down just like sunset

Truthfully, it was as if my mind slapped me,
Cause I couldn’t visualize any scene of greatness
I felt jinxed!
I began to realize that my problem wasn’t really with mediocrity,
It was with the word”confidence” in which i had lost in my own ability
I seem to believe that I can’t fly,
Possibly because I have no wing of self confidence;
I became sad, which made me feel bad
Even when I should be glad
However, I concluded that I don’t really have to feel confident
To actually be confident!
I can rise to the peak of greatness
If only I practice being confident…

By
Ebisike Kenneth

what is yOuR NAME?

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“What is your name?”
“You mean… my name?”
I could close my eyes in a quick drift in to my spirit to give you an answer….

My name is who I am!
It is not merely a form of identification;
No! It is an embodiment of my whole being
It does not only describe my features
It gives you a description of my origin.
It does not just qualify me as a creature
It introduces you to my creator.
It does not just say I am human
It gives you my meaning.

It is not just about a phase of my life
It is the whole book of my life, as it is written of me.
It is not just about my past, present of future
It is about them three
It is not just, what I can become
It is what I am.
My name is I and I am my name!
You can see it in my eyes…

Just like scientists and their laws
My name and my creator are connected.
I am his product and bear his trademark.
My name is the declaration for the delectation of my creator.
My name is the bedrock of the loss of me…
Remember that I am still thinking of the right answer to your question.
So next time, ask me of my birth name instead of MY NAME.
My birth name could just be a word, but my NAME is something more.

“I am the child of the only living God who created heaven and earth, and who lives forever more.”

Now, that is my name.

By
Ebisike Amarachi

fRoM the FALL…

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Why must I continue like this?
When He’s actually saved me like He promised
Cos I won’t just say no to my sinful needs
So the victory He won me
Makes no real difference
Cos with every passing day I abuse his presence
Loose His essence and continually descend
Cos I won’t condescend to say no to my flesh

Of course if I pray He would forgive me
But will I forever continue like this?
Will my story be falling and rising in brief
And will His mercy forever speak for me?
So here’s what I’m gonna do
I’m not gonna just confess my sins like I do
But I’m gonna rededicate my life too
And I’m gonna ask for help, YES, help from you Lord
To say no; No to my sinful needs

Although I can’t seem to stop myself
Truth is, I love you Lord. I really do
True to my human nature I love with reasons though too numerous to mention
But you, you just keep on loving me
Without any worthy reason or condition
And yet I am very confident of the fact that no matter the ups and downs
You’ll never let me down

Without you I am an empty vessel a sounding cymbal
Without you I am sure to lose my way again
Without you I am proven guilty, a perpetual slave to my flesh’s demand
Without you I cant say no to my sinful needs
But no matter how resolute I claim to be
I am sure to fail condemned to my final end, death
So here’s what I’m gonna do, I will trust and obey
And together with you Lord
Make this decision to say no
Cos without you I am nothing

By
Ezeonyeka Godswill

In the blink of an eye….

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How sad it is to think
That all we ever wanted in this life
Could be taken away in the blink of an eye
That all we worked so hard for pound by pound
Could in a moment, be nowhere found
That everything, everyone who made living worth it
Could in an instant, be lost and gone forever
In our grief we all but wonder

What a misery it is to live
In pure joy soon to cease
In love doomed for tears from a broken heart bleed
In peace never existing
In life lived towards a horrid decent
Down death’s dreadful fork-end
In time spent with no forever after assurance

If in this fallacy we call existence
We all but choose to dance the rhythm, enjoying the present
Though in the depths of our hearts the knowledge remains
Clear as crystal and we agree it’s real and evident
Yet we lead our lives neglecting its essence
Then is it all worth it, does it all make sense
That any minute from now could be the end

This fact we all have to accept
But the knowledge of its truth we may all but reject
Neglecting the choice before us set
Loosing mastery of this mystery we remain in misery
The irony!
But every day is laid before us a chance at it
The truth behind true life forever lived
The only hope we might in this world have still
In Jesus Christ in His blood, His voice and will

To give up and give in
To sit and cry overwhelmed by the reality
Of the vainness of this world we live in
May sound and appear the only option remaining
But a new message I’m preaching
One that echoes through time behind beyond within
Jesus paid the price to give us a chance with him

For the earth is the Lord’s and the fullness thereof
Yet for an apple’s bite we have all sold dominion of this world
With our God given rights lost, untamed evil runs along
But for this cause Jesus left His throne
To give us something better than the vainness life on earth has to offer
A promise a hope a future
A sure eternity worth living for
In the twinkling of an eye
It will all be gone by and by
No matter its worth or by what style
It will forever be lost in time
Beyond the fires this earth provides
Only this one message will stand true if actualized
In your life in your mind its truth realized

In just an instant
You could make that one decision for life
And enjoy a life of righteousness peace and joy what a ride!
In the blinking of an eye
We would be translated to heaven’s aisle
To be forever joined with our Lord the Christ
And with the vainness of time behind
We would see cause to smile
Forever safe in our Savior’s arm
Now that’s the Life!
By
Ezeonyeka Godswill

THE DAY MY PAST CAME KNOCKING

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3 brothers one coming after the other
Past, present and future after one comes another
I had my present with me my future awaiting its turn
I had no business with the past, he was gone and out
But one day I had an august visitor
Knock knock… who’s there? I asked
Just me replied he, your old friend past
My blood ran cold, thinking back, he hadn’t been the best for me, my past had given much pain and sorrow
I had been ashamed of him, tried forgetting him
Concentrating on my present as I earnestly prayed for my future
But he kept on knocking, with his sugar-coated tongue he reminded me of what we both shared
I was tempted, my present encouraged me to open the door
Betraying me and my future who continued pleading that I do not

Its only for a moment I said,
So I opened the door, smiling broadly he walked in and took over my heart
Pushing away the present, he let me fall back in those acts I had so enjoyed
Yes I opened the door and enjoy I did
Losing myself in my past I gave myself to him
Taking his hands he took me on a tour to our time down memory lane
Telling me how I missed him and I realized I did so
I walked and I enjoyed the walk, every step brought me deeper and farther away from my present and future calling out to me
Its just for the now I told them
But I did see the past smile behind his teeth
And I took the bait. Hook line and sinker
Till one moment turned into a habit
Hand in hand we kept on descending
Suddenly…

I was lost, alone and afraid
I called out for Him but got no answer
Turning back I realized the present and future were no longer there
Cos they left, they were gone , leaving me empty
I realized I lost the present and future the day my past came knocking and I let him in…
By
Odimbu Promise Buchi

WITH GOD IN IT…

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Shhhh!!!
And the Lord God breathed into his nostrils
And he became a living soul
And that rhythm would continue till the day he lay motionless and cold
Everyday we wake to the morning sun
Breathing the breathe He brought us
Leading the life He lent us
Yet with our mouths we confess
That we the manifestation of His masterpiece
Is normal, ordinary, common?
Well yes!
That’s what we are
Normal, natural, ordinary
But when God steps in to the picture to make our heart His habitation
Then the para super extra part of us gains life
Yes life
And what great potential we would realize even in this life
Yeah I see the disbelief behind the sneer
And who am I to judge if I too was once there
Well here’s sufficient proof as to the truth
The bible might just be a book
But with God in it
It stands the greatest most complete book on history’s hook
The boy David was just a shepherd boy
But with God in him
He became the greatest king Israel will ever know
Gideon should have been the lowliest of men
But when God stepped into the picture
He won ridiculous battles and ruled even the highest of men
Mary could have been just another Israelite virgin
But with God in her womb to mature
The world will forever remember her name at Christmas
Samuel should have been some ordinary altar boy
But from the day God called his name
He became a worthy priest, he anointed kings and a great prophet he was
Rahab could settle for being a prostitute
But when God chanced upon her home
She saved her whole family inserting her name in the family line of Jesus Christ
Esther could as well remain the favored queen
But with God in her words and heart
She saved her nation from extinction
Joseph could have ended up as Potiphar’s chief servant
But with God in his decisions
He somehow made it to the throne as prime minister
The Samaritan woman had some pretty wrong logic
But an encounter with God
Made her one great evangelist storied of in the bible
Of course you may worth nothing
But if you let God in
You could be greater than the man in your dreams
Tomorrow may be the dawn of another year
But with God in it
Its sure to be the greatest you’re yet to experience
Little is much when God is involved
The truth remains simplistic
I hope you do get it

Here’s what I really wanna say
With God in it
Even impossible reads I’m possible
This might be just another poem, well great!
But with God in it
It could bring about the change your heart desires, better!
So don’t you be quick to confess as to your inabilities and inadequacies
Just let God in
and experience what it feels to be a KING!

By
Ezeonyeka Godswill O.