DO YOU HEAR THEM? by Temile Precious

They sang a song for those forgotten
One voice for the unheard
They spoke the words no one said
They hoped for something to happen…

The sunset brought no memories of joy
For it has been snatched away from men who sought it
Fear held the night hostage, in sleep no solace was found
Shadows longed for dawn, not for the light…
But for hopeless desire that all would end as it had once started
I listened and I heard the cries, the screams
Hearts gave way and I felt their fear, their tears
And I wondered in this world as it is…
Given reason to Intercede, Do you hear them ?!

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I speak now as I would speak then…
For my spirit resides in another, far away from this place
Away from decisions that gives shape and meaning to nothingness.

THE PERFECT GIFT FOR A LONG LASTED LOVE

They sang a song for those forgotten
One voice for the unheard
They spoke the words no one said
They hoped for something to happen…
Bestowed power to change…Do you hear them?!

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NIGHTFALL by Eluwa Chisom

Torn Apart from the day's daunting penance
For tills, ills and unending wills,
Like a Victim chased by a pack of wolves,
We escape into your waiting arms.

Curdle me to Sleep, O nightfall's gentle embrace,
the air cold as death, meet tuneful lullaby of tranquil,
The Mighty clouds slumber with the dark,
As every whisper holds my spirit back.

The Moon comes out to Play
With the happy stars and nocturnals awake,
As the Cities sing in Silence,
The sun runs to hide its face.

And so with haste we smite our innocent mats,
Doomed by our bodies laid aback,
Like a faithful slave to its master,
Carries us through the dark.
 

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MUSIC OF THE DAY... K'NAAN - THE WALL

K'naan was born Keinan Abdi Warsame in 1978. He is a Somali Canadian poet, rapper, singer, songwriter, and instrumentalist. Yeah he really is a complete package... :)

He is one poet I think would appeal to any one with his unique style of presenting his words and conveying his message.
I remember I got so obsessed with him some years back that I attempted sketching his picture off his album cover... LOLz! #Nohomo though... This song "THE WALL" off album titled "Country, God or the girl" is one of his very many works I find so interesting so I decided to share it so you all can have your say on what you think about  it... Cheers!!

You don't have to launch your missile to break down my defense

you don't need a fighter jet to end our arguments

we don't have to be like everyone to use our common sense

so I guess its time we burned the documents

cause I'm crazy and you crazy

so there aint a thing to lose

except our pride its suicide of all we ever knew

in some ways we're East and West the wall is coming down

sometimes we celebrate other times we say what have we done

and i feel you holding in and I'm holding on too

no matter what we say or do the wall is coming down

The wall is coming down

Down down down
I see you coming 'round
'Cause your wall is coming down

SOMETHING YOU SHOULD KNOW

I don't have to build a fortress to hide what you can't see
I don't have to be the master and hold onto the key
Sometimes I feel so certain that we were meant to be
But I guess it's fine if you disagree

'Cause I'm crazy and you're crazy and there ain't a thing to lose
Except our pride it's suicide of all we ever knew
In some ways we're east and west and the wall is coming down
Some times we celebrate other times we say what have we done
And I feel you holding on and I'm holding on too
But no matter what we say or do the wall is coming down
The wall is coming down
Down down down
I see you coming 'round
'Cause the wall is coming down

So whenever we turn the wheel peace talking make a deal
You remind me of Palestine and I feel so Israel
Look at all the walls I've built and look at all the guards you've killed
And if the gates would open would it be more loving
Or would all my fears turn real
So for now I suppress your demonstration and I undress you here's the question
Is this love making or masturbation if every touch feels like instigation
I'm so sure if we all trusted the force of love
Even if our past is awful also break our pride in the torso
Whatever it takes for down these walls go

In some ways we're east and west and the wall is coming down
Some times we celebrate other times we say what have we done
And I feel you holding on and I'm holding on too
But no matter what we say or do the wall is coming down
The wall is coming down
Down down down
I see you coming 'round
'Cause the wall is coming down

Don't leave without having a say on what you think about this song.... Bless!!!

Download "THE WALL"

THE PERFECT GIFT FOR A LONG LASTED LOVE

I found love!

and because this is the season of love,

I want to tell you all about her.

This love is worth singing about,

enough for me to run my mouth.

Funny enough this love has always been there for me,

even when I really didn't notice,

been there from my childhood.

This love accepted me when others rejected me

gave me a shoulder to cry upon when there was no other

and even when I refrained from this love

when I betrayed our affection

she didn't turn her back on me when I needed attention

when I went out there looking for love that didn't exist

looking for love from hypocrites and 'fronters'

starting all over when supposed loves becomes defaulters

this Love welcomed me back to her arms when I was broken.

When I was rich and when I was poor

this love does it all

please allow me to introduce you to this love

but firstly I must inquire what the perfect val gift would be for this my love.

Something that would show how much I really care.

Well I guess it shouldn't be far fetched

and so my gift to you my val is a Red bed-sheet!!!

yes a Red bed-sheet!!!

Dear readers,

 allow me introduce you to my long lasted Love

my Bed!!! :D

thanks buddy, you are my Val!!! 

cheers!!!

I hope I've been able to put a smile on your face this season... happy Valentine all

A heavy heart... Death prevails again

hearts are heavy

eyes are full with tears

why do people die?

why do they die the way they do?

why do people die?

why do men die?

must man die?

what does it feel like to lose a close person to death?

what is the solace for death?

why do man plot evil against a fellow man?

where do men get the courage to kill a fellow man from?

how do we pay back death?

does death give man an escape from the world?

is death cruel?

if it is then how do we prosecute death?

my hands are cold,

my heart is heavy,

but the man to whom death was cruel to,

isn't even of my household,

yes close, but not of my household.

how then would his family take his exit from earth?

his wife, his kids and his congregation?

if death is cruel,

what then shall be said of the men by whose hands death was made?

 my hands are cold,

my heart is heavy.

if truly death is inevitable,

 what then is the best way to die?

what can be done when death comes walking by?

eyes are yet to run dry,

for a man close to many has been denied life,

through the hands of some other men,

the inevitable has taken place,

and left a few others grieved,

may his gentle soul REST IN PERFECT PEACE

 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO DEEY!!!

Seasons passes by,

time fades away,

babies cry,

the old ones die,

a few young are snatched,

and our eyes still wet yet to run dry.

we are happy to be alive,

but still hold sympathy in our hearts for the unfortunate,

we would do all things possible

 to have our loved ones back,

but see our efforts fall to ground

as one who tries to fix a bottle cracked.

in all adversities,

we must not forget to celebrate with our peers;

some we hold in high esteem,

some close to our hearts.

This one is one of us,

this one is our own.

Let the music play!

let the curtains up!

let the children merry!

and the adults party!

for a blogger, Deey celebrates...

Happy birthday miss!!!

wishing you all the best :D

cheers!!!

A SIGHT BETTER THAN THIS...

I want a sight better than this,

I am left confused with these eyes of mine,

I see, I dream,

build castles in empty space

and left puzzled trying to fix the maze,
a crisscross of intersecting vision;

but in that confused state,

the situation is saved by decisions.

Decisions subsequent to that clear sight,

one that is not blinded by the night

but is empowered by the dark

and is strengthened by dawn's light.

One that wouldn't wake up in tears

when made to sleep by fear

but gain pride in despair.
One that doesn't set gaze at stars
 when I'm shooting for the moon.
One that doesn't dazzle at the pleasure of alcohol
but ponders on it content of the liquid.

I thought of that better sight.

I searched and found this sight.

This one was embedded underneath.

It gave me the liberty of choice.
The things I see turns out to be the things I saw.
The sounds of echoes clouds my hearing,
trying to leave me with no bearing,
but being keen on persevering,
I focus on the silence of  that sight
which at the desired moment, always proves golden. [selah]

Secret thoughts... letting you all in on them

I want to let you all in on my secret thoughts,
I managed to keep this thoughts secret for a while
and still would like these thoughts to be kept secret,
so I'm trusting you to keep to yourself
all that I shall let out during this course
for they are the thoughts that I have kept secret all my life.

These thoughts I have kept secret
because I really didn't find anyone I could trust them with.
I wanted to tell my mum but I feared that she would tell her partner.
I wanted to tell my brother, but I feared that he would confide in his girlfriend.
and my sister too but for fear that she would open up to her mates,
kept these my secret thoughts secret all this while.

Right now I really want to let them all out.
I'm starting to feel like if I dont get them out
my head would explode,
like a bomb waiting to detonate,
but who can  I possibly trust to
to keep these secret thoughts of mine secret?

but every word spoken is never a secret,
no not anymore!
not after it has gotten to a human's hearing.
For that person you trust to keep your secrets secret,
in same vain trust someone else who trust.............someone else
to also keep their secrets and yours secrets secret
so how then could we call our secrets secret?
when in a bid to confide in someone the purpose is defeated

Again I ask who then can I trust?
I think I'm just going to let you all in on my secret thoughts,
so I become a man without one anymore.
Or better still keep these secret thoughts secret
pending when I get that someone I could trust
someone that doesn't have another someone,
who has another someone that has...................someone
who they trust with their secrets.
But then I think I'm just going to die with these thoughts in me.
Cheers!!!

N.B If I were you, I'd reconsider on whether I want that secret out, knowing too well that that person I'm thinking I could trust might also have someone they also trust............................ to keep their secrets and in the bid let your own secret out. Cheers!!!

Life's faces

The beauty of life is that it comes in different fonts/faces and you don't know what to expect... It cuold persent istelf in tihs from and a fwe wuold gte cnofused and tehn go bcak all oevr aaign tyring to fgiure it otu wihle lfie hsa a wohle nwe fnot in sotre fro tehm... Ustj hilew heyt hought heyt oundf het olutions ot ife'sl acesf ti resentsp omethings otallyt ifferentd ot hemt. Ta hist tages owardsc, ediocresm, abiesb ustm aveh iveng pu utb het reparedp, het raveb nda het ntelligenti ouldw eb creamings omec no owardc etsl ees hatw ouy otg!!! Hows su oury acef!!! Dan nthe elif lstil tno dmove yb rthei ecourag spresent tye ranothe tfon dna neht rehtona dna a wef erom that erew ton tnetsisrep dekcab ffo tub niaga eht evarb dna suoegaruocs serats ta efil ni reh ecaf dna yas ti neve reduol, emoc no h***b!!! Dna neht efil edsserpmi yb rieht ssendlob swohs meht reh laer FACE... This one was beautiful, it was stress free and they were glad they didn't give up... :) cheers!

THE THINGS I WANT TO SAY...

The things I want to say are the things that could be said by anybody, but nobody says these things because everybody thinks that somebody must have said these things...


These things are crying to be heard and keep hoping that one day they would be because everybody could possibly say these things, but nobody is willing to say these things because they think that somebody somewhere must have said these things knowing very well that anybody could say these things...


These things suffer, they suffer just because they were made available for everybody but a message to be passed and not kept, they end up in the minds of everybody because everybody thinks that since anybody could have said these things, somebody must have said these things and then these things suffer because truly nobody has said these things...


These things are at the risk of extinction because everybody thinks somebody must have said these things, yes because anybody could say these things when truly nobody has...


But at the very end, the very very end, everybody would discover the need and then the will power to say these things that have been made available but kept secret unconsciously because everybody thinks that since anybody could say these things, somebody must have said these things when truly nobody did...

the Nigeria National athem..

Nigeria turns 52 today and I thought it nice to share the Nigerian national anthem for all especially those who might have problems singing it... Nigeria is our country, one we must love and uphold with love. For those of us abroad, we must try to protect the image of the country as she is ours... God bless us all!!! God bless Nigeria!!! Cheers!!!

Arise o compatriots
Nigeria's call obey
to serve our fatherland
with love and strength and faith
the labour of our heroes past
shall never be in vain
to serve with love and might
one nation bound in freedom
peace and unity

oh God of creation
direct our noble course
guide our leaders right
help our youth the truth to know
with love and honesty to grow
and live in love and truth
great lofty height attained
to build a nation where peace
and justice shall reign.

Before you... Have you...???

Before you admire that house,
before you like that house,
and dream of living there with your spouse,
before you pay for that house,
have you checked the roof???


Before you take that one stick,
before you forget that like glue addiction sticks,
and like a pin pricks,
before you make do with that one cigarette stick,
have you checked if it would do you good to puff???


Before you admire that lady,
before you like that lady,
before you can put the ring on her finger,
cause you think you are ready, 
oh Yes! you may now kiss your bride,
but have you brushed your own mouth???
cheers!!! :D

Again I wonder... yoU and I (the alphabets)

At times i wonder who invented the alphabets
I look at it and so many errors i get
and then think of why it was accepted
did anyone even try to protest?


I wonder why he did not put V before E
and O before V
and then L before O
so that LOVE we get
And then know that it exists at least from birth
anytime we get to look at the alphabets

WONDER NO MORE

This and so many other errors I felt
And if you want I could bet
That a fatal error everyone and I detest
And if given the chance would attend to first
Is put U next to I
so that it would be as close as I want yoU and I to be...
Cheers!