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Uren
Uren! The river of my childhood dreams How often I longed to stand by your banks And splash and splatter with all your water That murky fluid of yours that stood lucid in the morn But it seemed to me that God did not approve of it For my desires…
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Time
Your hour, my hour, their hour, they are all ours Time is never still, always rowing on all oars Ever on the move, always a chance for a choice And the choices we make, bring us sorrows or joys Toyin Taiwo, 2020
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The audience of One
We sing, for the audience of OneWe dance, for the audience of OneWe love, for the audience of One
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Moral Compass
Get you a moral compass, man of GodOne that points you clearly to the True NorthAnd keeps you safe on the narrow courseIn the journey to your God-given destiny
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Dark Night
The gang I swore never to join, I now lead“Prophesy to us, loser”, they taunt“Which one of us will betray you next?”
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COVID Year
It’s the year of the Virus, a special seasonWhen women and men are kept in isolationAnd cities are locked down in fearful dismay. People are proud to mind the distanceAs others descend into the abyss of hunger.The hours fly by as the days roll into weeksAnd weeks blend into months…
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The Finger of God
The finger that wrote on the wall in Babylon Mysterious words wise men could not decode That wrote on the temple grounds in Jerusalem Unspoken words law teachers could not decipher
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iLaryea
“Taiwo…you…I don’t know…I don’t know….you, you are becoming complacent.” He said no more than that. And that was the first time I heard the word ‘complacent’. I hurried to my dictionary as soon as I got back to the dormitory later that afternoon, and checked out the meaning of…
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He Found Love
He found comfort In the arms of a man. With a man like himself Is where his fragile heart Found a home. It was not in the bosom Of wayward young ladies Or stubborn, rebellious housewives That he found acceptance. He found love in a fellow man. It was the…
Chronicles of a Journeyman 