HUMANITY

in #nigeria7 years ago (edited)



Guidance

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Take us to the edge
however don’t permit us to fall,
let’s fly to it
then, abruptly halt
earlier than the crimson, azure royalty,
celestial state, deity,
we shall take a bow
but by no means let the air drop below us.


We got here right here
all our desires to release
down this slope, to the abyss.


The cogs of our hearts nevertheless dance
the wings can be broken
however on the edge
we stand a chance.

Frozen

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From scalp to sole
our being turns cold,
frozen to the bone
while poems flee our center;
no torch to burn the darkness
we cannot journey the wind anymore.


Unleash the apathy,
permit it shackle us.


From scalp to sole
We don’t belong to the sector of pain
anymore…


Daily Wars

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Should we assemble our life
at the flotsam of useless wars
waged in the call of faith, hope?
Once more, we rise and consume!

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Stand; tumble, disintegrate
then, soar – we go back!
Our sores received’t strangle the lights
however explode in a whisper
of a thousand demise hearts.


No subtlety inside the dying of a beatific smile,
the one we wore like satisfaction!
So, we could build lifetime
at the flotsam of vain wars,
vowing to grin
although the pieces of our souls skims!!!
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Pits

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Down, in the pit of this soul
the derelict stairs
lead to a hole
in which all of the poems are thrown,
slain, buried, forgotten.


No sound whispers,
no voice sings,
only a snowstorm
dancing ceaselessly.


No ray to scatter the darkness,
now not even one utter of persistence,
to wait for the sun,
when these stairs – liable to cave-in
are wrapped within the gossamer of pessimism;
down at the pit of this soul
lies a creature forlorn,
writing another poem
then, tossed it into pit.


Feelings

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The moon hides in your eyes
all the shades of love energized
while I waste my ammunition
on cold marble stars.


I should point my gun at you,
kill you with my verses’ blues
but you seem to dodge every time
I aim at your heart.


The moon shelters you
from my rhythm and rhyme.
Its crimson dye will paint the sky
when I have shot you
and your mesmeric smile
remains written on the clouds
forever to make you mine.


Courageous

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We shall not meet defeat with submission!
Nor will we well known it!
And we shall not bow all the way down to
indignation;
for that is our reign,
our throne, territory,
no margin for an overthrow;


our galley will sink
never!
And in no way shall I succumb
to the charms of surrender;


….Better clash with titans
than live for all time in splendour
of silence and fear
We shall upward push!
To Success!


Silence

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Fate has wielding its knife
earlier than our very very own eyes,
while the declining sun
burns the pallid skies.


silent is that this life,
hopping at the blade of the knife;
manacled to the handle,
the destiny gives it a slight wobble
from time to time
we cave in,
falling on the glinting blade,
our lips, our cheeks frozen….


Masks

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We put our masks on;
exclusive sunglasses of happiness,
thick layers to cowl
the razing bitterness.


And we smile
although, inside the bones – a shriek
however we all hold
a well-hidden madness
ready to be unleashed,


but when we put our masks on
so the lunatic suffocates
below the layers of our faces
and the mirror smiles says –
Never give up!

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The sadness behind the smile. Thank you for sharing, quite emotional.😢

Thank you so much

well organised, nice pictures, great poem.

Thanks, am glad you like them

Nicely written with some insights. You wrote it? Pretty good indeed, even though I am not a huge fan with poems. (totally failed in literature lol)
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Am glad you like it!!

I give it to you bro. You nailed it

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This is all so wonderful. Thanks for sharing this

Great poetry @iron-rode
Funny......the message slightly reminiscent of my latest piece as well.

Das really intresting