Selorm Deku

This poem may be my worst but tells my best story It would be sad to me if you don't read on Don't seek the rhyme scheme nor the vocabulary Dig deeper to seek the message The message of this poem is older than this age It would outlast this age and see beyond the next To get the message of this poem, patience is vital This poem was born by an old tale which is new everyday This poem borrows it's diction from the creator of the author Unless you agree to be broken or have been broken, The message of this poem would be useless to you Unless hunger meets food, death becomes inevitable Unless training precedes competition, a loss becomes certain Unless the right decisions are made, regrets become unbearable Never your life continue spending     and forever forgetting the judgment pending Never your pains and chains suffer     and forever a change not dreaming Never your ways by works strive to build     and forever  the do...

Dear Sin, You have always been but rarely is seen Your bait, Mr Temptation looks great till you get us jailed The gate of your dungeon is a thing the world’s heart dreams At last, alas! The devoted captives you own cry

  There, we all were well-fed for the next phase of our journey. It was all smiles.  I walked out of one of the sacred house. When I left the rather traditional and primitive environments of the building to the broad and well decorated world, a strange scene caught my attention.   While I walked down the way through the modern large houses connecting the path leading to my small enclave and still reminiscing the taste and contents of the good food we were fed in the sacred house, I overheard a chat. It was loud, clear and a purpose driven discussion. I saw and heard ugly servants of a mighty and selfish king of a large territory scheming very seemingly wise plans. They were working so hard on extending the already large territory their master owned. The first of them noticed me eavesdropping on their conversation. I got frightened and  thought this would end their discourse. But then, he just pointed at me and cited me as an example of those who got fed ...

Living in a room with broken windows and a door dancing without the help of its hinges. The cockroaches on the walls and crickets whistling from outside. I tried to ignore them all. With my eyes closed and clothes stacked in my ears I lay to rest. I briefed relief and believed the step was right. Far away from home and chasing the life before me. I have a new abode to myself. I knew for sure this was the first step of great beginnings. Agbeko bumped into the room as if we collectively paid the rent. He has a lot to say and I sluggishly welcomed him. In fact, you need tolerance to host my guest. This new talkative friend says the first resident here died after a week of his first night in. He reportedly saw the ghost of the owner of the home who was buried in this same room and shouted instead of just watching as custom demanded. The old man who's coffin lies beneath the concrete below my bed was reportedly a royal warrior. He is revered and worshipped by most residents a...

its freaky late we feign ate boring chats we're eating with boredom as the spice hoping tomorrow would be pay day i'd say no more only than i'm a second banana that thought thought of being a second banana not to any other but the one i dream i stopped dreaming and saw reality t'was real life with bad breathe

Do pastors of today preach the word of God out of love for God and the work of God or it is just a mere fear mongering business aimed at making people submit and pay offertories that would fatten the pockets of such preachers? It is their main act to scare people with the dangers of heaven and never touching on the beauty of heaven. Should it be so? I seem to be complaining and lamenting about this situation, but the fact is I am not the type who would keep quiet on issues like this and think straight.Being a Christian ( though not one God would be so proud of ) I cannot help but speak on issues like these which are tainting the image of the once noble faith. Somewhere in Africa, a pastor says the Holy Spirit has commanded him to impregnate 20 of his church members. And he would twist a scripture to back this devilish act. A friend comically said, “that spirit is not holy” and I guess he’s right. Sadly, he (that so-called pastor) would have people for his defense ...

Do pastors of today preach the word of God out of love for God and the work of God or it is just a mere fear mongering business aimed at making people submit and pay offertories that would fatten the pockets of such preachers? It is their main act to scare people with the dangers of heaven and never touching on the beauty of heaven. Should it be so? I seem to be complaining and lamenting about this situation, but the fact is I am not the type who would keep quiet on issues like this and think straight.Being a Christian ( though not one God would be so proud of ) I cannot help but speak on issues like these which are tainting the image of the once noble faith. Somewhere in Africa, a pastor says the Holy Spirit has commanded him to impregnate 20 of his church members. And he would twist a scripture to back this devilish act. A friend comically said, “that spirit is not holy” and I guess he’s right. Sadly, he (that so-called pastor) would have people for his defense ...