ANABELLA by Emekaudeogu

7/31/2019 ANABELLA by Emekaudeogu

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In loving memory of

Ijeoma Annabel Onyeanula;

she showed that people could be friends.

March 2nd 1983-5th April 2012


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Some thoughts could be random,yetunswerving

Some motives could be small,yet never fades

Let the canticles resound and fail not

May it speak like the gong

As Annabel who once lived with us.

emeKaudeogu

2012


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Annabella Uncensored


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These work is purely the imaginations of the writerand is not a depiction of anyone living or dead.


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TEARS OF FEAR

Sometimes we cross a bridge

Only to discover we have not crossed afterall

The bird at hand can turn out to be somebodys

You can have little or nothing

But that U have is taken from you

That is my fear

I have this confessor so dear

I see her,think her and speak her


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Like a band round my neck

I carry her about

The only rose in my garden

Will she be mine?

Will she continue to be mine?

That is my fear

I just wish that as these tears of fears flows down

Let anything that wants to take her from me flow away

I want her to be the first and the best to me

My one,wholly and only

I want to grow old with her

Thats all I want.

September 11, 2010 at 1:25am


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Till Morning Comes

When I stand aside and look at life

Innumerable questions arise

Questions that are unyielding

Could lifes been fair?

The promises that it gives

The feelings that saysLifes good

Its so hard to know that you have crossed over

Its painful that the dreams and wishes have been halted

More heartbreaking that there was never a sign

No sign of your departure

Like a silk rope, you snapped off

Am happy that u knew how I felt towards you

I believe I was a good friend to you

Your voice still ring in my head

Comforting also is the word


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That one day our a new Jerusalem shall come

I look forward to it; though with tears and groans

Rest in peace agbalagba,

Ride on xijo

Cling to the bosom of the Lord Annabel

Gaa Ije oma

Till that morning comes

Rest in peace

May 12 at 10:46pm

AMIGA: MY FRIEND

I have always decided to think the best of you

Thats why I always do my best for you

So together we achieve our dreams

Thats why even though you dont always call to sayhi

Youre always there to give me shoulder to cry on

You criticize me like no other

But You can be counted on to be there to give me a smile to spur me on

You complain that am very slow


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But you pat my back and saywelcome when I arrive

You scream sometimes and shout at what I say

But you always respect my opinions

When I offend you, you write it on sandy shores

So that the rivers will wash it off

When I do good,you engrave it on the rock

So that thell remain indelible

Therere friends that stick closer than brothers

When I stand on your shoulders

I have no fearcos you hold my legs

When I wave at the crowd

I know that I have one big fan:You

My Amiga;My friend.


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March 24, 2011 at 4:44pm

VISIBILE DA

Just as the embers of fire starts from a glow

And course of waters causes streams to form

The tiny drops of air creates a sweet breeze

The times spent as friends becomes a memory

Not a memory that time wipes away

Like a mark on the sandy seashore

But I engrave it on the corners of a rock

On a slate of indelible stones


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How can you ever know?

But I know that youre evergreen to me

What we have in common will keep us together

Our Friendship

Whether you go away to the north or south

Or sojourn into the sights of the east or west

Know this one truth:

Ure always in my mind.

December 15, 2010 at 1:28am


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ITALICS

Let the times stand still

Let the clocks be stopped

Give the dogs fat bones to make them silent

May the thunders and quakes stand aloft

Let the sun and the stars struggle for a space in the sky

Only the gentle sound of rushing waters be heard

And the melody of the chirrping birds

Let the day be silent as the night


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This is to show you how much I miss you

To even stop the course of nature

In the silence you will hear

The serene gong will sound it in your heart

How much you mean to me

And you will never doubt it

So dont saygood bye

Just put forth your hand and shake mine

And sayMy dear friend, I will see you someday

Then I will come back to you.

December 7, 2010 at 9:53pm


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CONTURA: MEMORIES NEVER LIE

Its time to say good bye

But how do I make time keep us

So that our memoriesll never die

Should I give you my eyes, ear or lips?

If I give you my eyes, they may go blind

Deafness may hit the ears

And dumbness behest the lips

That I may not look into your eyes


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Or hear the rhythms of your heart

And my lips may fail me

This one sure thing Ill do :

Open your hand

Let my tears drop into your palms

Close your fingers over it

Let it not dry or flow away

Let our memory never lie

May it live and not die.


CONTURA: MEMORIES NEVER DIE

Let it speak and not lie


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Let the scenes,events and times roll again

Some make us laugh

Others swell our eyes with tears

Wanting us to turn back the hands of time

To right some wrongs

And relish with delight the rights we did

Anyhow you play it

One truth stands:

Memories never die

Cos come rain or shine

Memories never lie



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PLAYING FOR KEEPS

To many its a game

Hit and Run

Touch and Run

Some even call it fun

A gift from the Lord can not be a toy for play

Can u see how beautiful is it to fall in love

Its such a gift from Him

It lightens the world


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ONE PROMISE:

I never promised you a garden of Roses

Even if I did, roses have thorns

I never promised a sweet rainfall

Even if I did, thunders and lightening accompanies it,

I never promised a smooth flowing stream

Even if I did, there could be a flood

I never promised a gentle breeze

It could come with a whirlwind


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I never promised a cooling dew

It could make you catch cold

I never promised to make you laugh

In the midst of it, tears could follow

Life could be so sweet

But it comes withups anddown

But one thing I promised you

Is that you will never walk alone

In the midst of all this

I will be there for you.



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VANILLA

Life could be so sweet

Wild,free and fun

So sweer and tempting,just like vanilla

But theres always an exchange

Cos it does not appear by wish

We all pay a price for it

Sweet things are great

But sweet things can kill


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Just like the gift of the devil

On the right hand is the sweet vanilla

And on the left,the price lies

Hidden with a cloak of fun

Little wonder what kills a rat

Drink from your own cistern

As the good book says

Let your vanilla nourish u

And not be like a grave

That opens its mouth like a cave.



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PLACE TO HIDE

Every living has a place to hide

Birds have nest

Rabbits and roaches have holes

Some others hide on branches of trees

While others at the corner of rooftops

For me its in anothers hearts

Yes,Thats the best place to hide

A heart should hide in another heart


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A place of solace

Devoid of hate and prejudice

A place to rest and hide from every other

Thats my kind of place

I dont know about you

You may try other things

Jobs, careers, hobbies etc

None but another heart

Can you lay it down for someone

To run into and hide?

And itll just be you and me

Ever to singDo re mi.



26/77

UNDENIABLE

I thought rivers can not flow backwards

I didnt know the moon and stars can govern the day

While the sun rises in the night

I thought the earth cannot turn upside down

So that men walk on their hands

And their feet takes over as hands

We can all say these in derision and denial


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Though glooms & turns strike us hard

We can bounce back

Fast and hard like a round-leather ball

And set ourselves up with the bricks of our setbacks

If only well hold unto faith

Its an absolute possibility

This is my belief

That is my miracle

February 20, 2011 at 1:11pm


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AU REVOIR AMOR

I have always put a hold to my heart

Putting my heart in check lest it goes haywire

Successfully this I didtill she came along

Have you ever seen a flower bud unfold on a dew-laden morning?

Have you ever seen the light appear behind the cloud after a rainfall?

Have you seen the point where the ocean meets the skies?

So beautiful, awesome and terrific

Life could be so amazing


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But yesterday, just yesterday

All this became a mirage

The sun suddenly came up and the budding flower withered

Darkness came at dawn

As the sun and the moon struggled for dominance in the sky

Arrows broken, spirits down-casted

What I thought was forever became lost

The signals I got was false

The light was not actually mine to behold

Darkness enveloped the borders of my heart

Sleep came over me as tears tried to gain control of my eyes

Maybe am just too manly to cry

As my fathers would say


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I know that morning is imminent

Till morning comes ,faithll sustain me

My hopes will keep me

For the HAND is at work

I looked back again

Though heavy-hearted, I tried to smile

As I uttered in a low tone voice

Au revoir Amor

.

May 11 2011


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TEARS OF FEAR

Sometimes we cross a bridge

Only to discover we have not crossed afterall

The bird at hand can turn out to be somebodys

You can have little or nothing

But that U have is taken from you

That is my fear

I have this confessor so dear

I see her,think her and speak her


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Like a band round my neck

I carry her about

The only rose in my garden

Will she be mine?

Will she continue to be mine?

That is my fear

I just wish that as these tears of fears flows down

Let anything that wants to take her from me flow away

May these tears fall to the ground and appease for me

I want her to be the first and the best to me

My one,wholly and only

I want to grow old with her

Thats all I want.


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May 16, 2011 at 11:22pm

TIKP

From the green hills of the coal city

Were sent to lands farther than the Nile

Men & Women of goodwill

In one of those lands,ile ife,

A land renowned of old

Strewn with the footprints of the ancient

Though a land of strange tongue

The sounds ofl, kpele rented the air


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The food and culture was so strange that we shoutedChei !

But we never say die

Cos Baba God,the ancient of days dey our side

Lil by lil we began to learn their tongue

Now our sojourn is over

We came ,saw and conquered

At least we have a tilapia to show for it

The labours shall not be in vain

Ichie Damur.Da Bu.Okpudo,Da To

Plus including the Otunba of the Source,

Were all characters in the drama that unfolded

At the end we were called TheLast Musketeers

If you doubt this


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Mr Oguniyi has the original copy of the list of actors

Cos the drama unfolds

Entiltled..........Ki le fe ?

August 2,2011

Adis Amor

Movement seems to be the best medicine

We meet to part

And alas we part only to meet again

Do you know why we cry when we part ?

Wishing to turn back the hands of time

Memories never lying, dying or flying

We have been friendscos we see a part of ourselves in each other

Thats the bond that keeps us together


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Defying the limit of distance

Thats why I smile when I think about you

And when I think about you I smile

Tomorrow will bring us together again

I have no doubt if it will come

Though it could be delayed

As seasons gives way to years

And being assured from the source

This one thing I know: Tomorrow will come !

Chidera...o desigo

August 25, 2011 at 1:27am


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IT S TIME

Its time to sayGoodbye

Fresh in our memories, the irreplaceable moments

We meet to part; parting to meet again

I have always known that memories never lie

If not, how could I ever forget the times with Umunna @ Olabys Property

Onye Mur, DaBu, T-nero, Ichie Okpudo?

How I wish I could turn the hands of time


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And I will spend it with Chief Uchendu and family

Memories never die

Thats why Zee and Bumsy will for a long time linger in my mind

Oga Mike and Will; your friendship Ill cherish always

And to many other people that space has defied my attempts to include

True to say; I wont think twice to leave the place

But the people: Friends and family can make do otherwise

And you just wish you could stay back a little while

O biara ije ga-ala

Dont say bye though its time

But just give me a hug or a handshake

Cos youll always be with me

Fresh and clear in my mind

Memories never fly


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I love you all

Its time....I know it

To give me a hug

So that I can be on my way....

May 26, 2011 at 10:38pm

Now...that is Love !

Love is a beautiful thing

That is a reason

Love comes afloat with thorns

Now that is pain

Thats why many are afraid to love

And those pricked by its thorns afraid to go in again

That is a curse

But one thing is sure: love lights up my world

That also is sweet

And when it fades at dusk

Darkness is sure

Bend ur ears to hear this

Thats why am afraid to love


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Now thats a fact

But the truth is that ure the only one I have told this

Now that is a sign:

That

Am in love with you !

August 29 at 11:05pm

World on The String

You have got the world on a string

And it seems that everything around you sings

Everything seems to fall into the right place

You feel blessed with a special grace

As if you are surrounded by an orchestra with sounds so high

The alluring, appealing rythms never die

Thats the world for you

The uuhs,blues and hues

The world would pay for your body a million bucks

But a cent for your soul and this sucks

You just have to turn to someone

That when u need him, hes not gone

He alone knows your very worth

He values you as a priceless salt

Where the world sieves


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He gives what can not be lost to thieves

Priceless is your person

Connect to your make and make a change

Before the evil days come when ull age

This is from the source

And no man can ever have any cause to curse.

April 29 at 10:32pm

Nne Di Uto

When I beheld you from the cradle

As my eyes opened for the first time

Before then,I could only hear your alluring voice

I could remember that night

I was so glad I could see

I lent out a shriek and u thought I was hunger

And you began to breastfeed me

You never knew that I just wanted to see ur face again and again

Till today,everywhere I am,

I always remember that you're one in a zillion

Chukwu biko gozie Ochie dike mama m

Nne di uto.........

Happy Birthday

April 5 at 12:28pm


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Maami

Who sat and watched my infant head

When sleeping on my cradle bed

With eyes beclouded with tears of affection

All day you pester the heavens with prayers for me

While others call to know if I have bought a car or changed my phone;

You would simply call to know if I have eaten anything

When others ask for this and that

You will always ask me if I needed anything

You simply give,give and give

Through the cradle to the crowns

Through the thick and thin

The pains and gains

You have always been there

Of all the women,God made u my mama

I pray for a woman like you


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I know my kids would too

This is for you mama

Happy Birthday,Keep on blushing....I like it

Happy Birthday ....from the Source !

April 5 10:50am

Bring It On !

Few hours to the much-awaited

We walk away from 2011. We embrace 2011

When u look back what do u see ?

The standard might be "how much dey your pocket"

That's for them

Ndubueze...so far as U're still alive;God is not done yet

He completes His projects

It will only get better

As u enter the arena

Remember that God,the umpire is already on your side

Give thanks to God and scream at the top of your voice to 2012:

"Bring it on "



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MY LOWEST EBB

My spirits is at its lowest ebb

Theres nothing to save

But I must speak in details

Not minding what it entails

I feel very down

Like someone criss-crossing the lawn

As an unguarded scissors

I may not sound very serious

But its true

Cometh all these from who?

I search my heart to know

To find why I feel so

Gone are my smiles

Instead came tears

As I wondered


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Across a damsel sauntered

Crying and weeping

I stopped her but the tears kept pouring

She looked so bad

Shaken and sad

I looked and smiled into her eyes

Not minding my size

Then her eyes brighten up in a flash

The tears receding into their sash

It was like to a sorrowful head a pillow

I felt like a hero

For lightening someone else life

This is noble when theres no strife

Instantly I knew why I felt bad earlier

Till pupose is known

Life will be as grim !

May 7, 2010 at 4:55pm

MY NUMBER ONE

Friends, Yes ! Thats what I call you.

If You have not been there

Who would I have called my brother, sister or friend.


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The past 6 Years have been very eventful but not without you.

We are not leaving you

But we are going up to hold the ladder so that you can also climb up.

Through the ups and downs,

you have never faltered in your trust for us.

You have always been an encouragement and a support.

Even when we made mistakes,

You embraced us with a wide smile on your face,

Telling us that all is well.

I will ever cherish your companionship and your friendship.

We look out for you to climb up.

Am definitely sure you will make it.

I thank God for you.You will ever remain my number One.

May 7, 2010 at 4:59pm


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THE VERY FIRST TIME

I remember the first time

I had my slate ready,books and uniform already laid out

I couldnt wait to walk into class

As a fresh kindergatten pupil

I could not sleep

I woke countless time before dawn

But here on the stairs,I have just changed my mind

I think its better staying with mummy afterall


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Why should I leave mummy and stay with strangers

I clung to mummys leg

As they pulled,I held on with every strength in me

I should not have wanted to be like others

Must everyone go to school?

Finally i was overpowered

Mummy smiled and saidbye

I did not move as she walked away

I felt naked and betrayed by the one I love

She turned again and waved a bye

Tears streamed down on my face

As I turned towards the classroom

It was my fault afterall


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I must go to school at least to know how to spell my name

These I said to myself and I took a breathe

And started walking.

November 17, 2010 at 11:12pm

RUNNING ON FUMES

We most times fail to say the truth

Not just to others but to ourselves

We ignore that which is attainable

In search of that which we feel is the best

That which we could never lay hold of

We hold on when we should let go

We fall in when we should back out

We beat about the bush


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Fighting and gasping with air

Just like going round the pepper tree

Progress seem to be coming

But we end up where we started

Were running on fumes

A bird at hand is of a higher price

Than a zillion in the bush

The things seen from the eyes of the old sitting

Can not,even in faint lines

Grace the eyes of the young on Eiffel tower

I go in to rest awaiting morning

Maybe when I wake

The sun and the moon may struggle for a space in the sky.


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November 17, 2010 at 10:55am

FACE 2 FACE

This is what I said to myself

In the silence of my soul...

Can there be a duet if u don

t sing with me?

If you dont join hands with mine will there be a swing?

If I dont look at you can I appreciate beauty?

Can I find Love if I cant learn to let go?

Then therell be no song in a nightingale

The dance in the flowers will cease

And all ull hear are whispers on your pillows

Small voices that tug the corners of your heart

Breeze that ruffles your hair


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Only love can over-ride life

Unbiddable,undenialable and unsurmountable

Its no strange thing

Cos it must have been Love

But u didnt know it

I do.

November 16, 2010 at 1:38am

AM JUST ME

Things are not the same

Some are big or small

Tall or short

Fair or black

Fast or slow


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Ugly or beautiful

Lively or dull

I dont know how u would prefer me

And I may not be as u wished

Cos the best description of myself

Am just me

One of a kind.


Si, Amor

They are creatures of the heart

What I speak, she feels

She wants me to act on reason

But shes driven by emotional zeal

Im supposed to take the lead

But she prefers if its from the heart; not the head


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To her the heart is not connected to the head in anyway

What I see, she hears

So I keep watching the window

To know when the light comes on

For if it does, then am saved

No matter how differently we approach life

You give it an awesome balance

I cant imagine life without you

The creator kept you to maintain the substance of life

You give the breathe a soul

To her life began from the hear

And should be kept so.

Untainted...unparalled...unequalled

Si, Amor.

June 2011

NE DADA: TURN YOUR BACK

We are shaped by the decisions we make

Experiences come and go

Events, seasons and people

Like a rollcoaster


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Playing like a film

All these make WHAT we are

But they dont determine WHO we are

What were changes

Like a puff of a smoke

But who we are stays ,day & night

Like a companion that never let go

Through this acts and scenes

We take decisions

We shapes our lives,

Not seeming to understand what were doing

We make mistakes, say the wrong things

We break friendships and hurt many


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And we cant turn back the hands of time

But its best to make amends while we can

And those we can not

Turn your back

Put your past behind you and press ahead

Never letting the strings of the past keep you

Farther from your future

We made it acroos

Welcome to 2011

Thanks to God Alimighty.

January 3, 2011 at 12:38am


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BLACK & GOLD

Too many things of life are flashy

So many just on the surface

Little, going beyond the skin

Others manage to be only skin deep

So many look at the face, body shape,laughter

And all the things that fades away

Driven by the whirlwind of time


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Pause and think

What happens when they are gone?

But I see into the eyes

The eyes,mirror of the inside

Through it I see the faith and fears

The hopes and tears

I hold unto these things

Cos the always remain

Cheating time as ever

Thats why u may not be fair to behold

I like u just as ure

Beautiful,bold and black

My black gold.



59/77

' I DO '

Today a friend of mine saidI do

These two words emblazoned with a vow

I could sense the atmosphere become tense

Every breath held up

Every ear itching to ear

It was awesome

Now I know as I beheld the couple


60/77

Theres a laughter reserved for a day like this

A smile that no other can understand but the two lovebirds

I still could hear the vows resounding in my ears

...To have and to hold

For richer and for poorer

In sickness and in health

Till death do us part

These words were solemn

AS others prepared for merriment thereafter

I picked up my suit and took a walk

To reflect on those words

Cos soon it will be I

Making same vow

Punctuated withI do.


61/77


LIVING

The Night whistled in silence

And the grasshopper chirped in a quiet noise

The oceans engaged in a soundless clapping

And the birds hummed a tune in their minds

All, as I slept soundly with my eyes wide open

While I engaged my mind in a thought of sort

I asked myself questions with a voice so loud to wake the dead


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Yet I did not utter a word

Paradox...funny and senseless?

Isn't it ?

Thats life if you live for yourself alone

Find your purpose in others

Then live and die for it

Give it your best shot

When you build others

You make a stair for your climbing

Hold the ladder for them to climb up

Only then have you started living.

February 25, 2011 at 1:40am


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NOUVEAU (NEW)

I may have failed before now

I may have hurt so many people

I may have been what am not

Perhaps I did not show much care

And disappointed friends and family

I may not be one you are proud of today

But I have gone through the process of change


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And I can boldly lift my head now

I just can be myself

Not a stereotype built by friends and family

Im the Otunba of the source

Destiny must be fulfilled

The hand of God have written in indelible words

And the mark of excellence etched in me

Don

t be surprised the next time you hear people say

Behold, here comes His Excellency

Cos thats what I have become.

February 25, 2011 at 1:42am


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MEMORIES NEVER FLY

We may be better off now than before

We have leisure of everything we desire

But whenever we visit home

Its as if there is no place like home

Not that homes has everything we may have elsewhere

But the echoes of life there enraptures our heart

Memories flying to us


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Our childhood,the laughters,family and the plays

We cast our eyes on as the stream of yesteryears slide across

Smiles reflect off the stream

Eyes stretch in a smile

Lips pull into a laughter

Chords that sounds like a rhyme we hear

East or west,anytime and anyhow

Home is the best

Cos its memories never fly away

They never take a walk!

February 23, 2011 at 4:19pm


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IKORO: Dim Odumegwu Ojukwu

Land of the rising sun

You blazed and shone so bright

With deep tears and streams of blood we sought for you

With great expectations we awaited

Dim ! Dim ! Dim !

Eze-igbo gburugburu

Ikemba enyimba

This is sunset at dawn

Behold the sun and the moon struggle for a space in the sky

Traquility pervades even to the land of animals

Let the Ikoro sound

Once a century it is sounded

A great tree has fallen

Igba onye eze is broken

My father has always pointed out the rising sun to me


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But now as I try to look

Tears unfounded covers my sight

No one has ever eclipsed the moon totally

Those who did ended up reflecting the rays

Will the rising sun become full again ?

Let the quest u lived for never lie

May our dreams never die

We thank God almighty for a gift like u

The sun is low now;

It will yet rise again -to a full moon.

Adieu Dim adieu Eze igbo gburugburu. . .from the source

The Source

If you have ever met a girl from jos

They're good at preparing a sauce

Sweet & good for a first course

U might not really know the cause

Unless its coming from us

U can not even see it atop a horse

Nor when u rush like an ox

Unless I sit u down to discuss

Else u 'll waste ur time and curse

At the end u have been deceived by a fox

And u 'll just stare at the delta shores like baba akpos

No one will give u an applause

U may ask how I knew the discourse

Its because am Otunba of the Source


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Not by fire or by force !


Faith----My Fate

The most important is my faith

Its the best anyone can ever dateSo that I'll not be overtaken by hate

From the point Eve took the apple and ate

Nothing has been ever the same,even the earth

Before you count one to eight

You'll see many ingrates

Who has ignored Jesus till date

They have been locked out by hell's gate

If only they will to Jesus postrate

'Cos u can't be freed by a magistrate

No matter what u do at any rate

I believe Jesus died for me-thats my faith

Forever it has become my fate.


70/77


The Sage on the Stage

The world have always lived in a lie

They praise you and you feel very high

You rise and swim like a butterfly

Like a celebrity on the stage

We wallow in the life of a cage

But it never occur to us till we age

This truth is hidden even from a sage

The lies round them up like a hedge

They exalt you till you get into the grave

Before you realise it,you are swallowed up in a cave

Then you 'll know it was all a hoax

They have ridden you like a horse

Left alone in the world

Cut and smitten with a sword


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Only one friend can stand true

Amidst the cries and hue:

Jesus Christ is the only clue.

October 14, 2011 at 9:48pm

Or mi: For You Only

When I say it;its true

This isnt just another hue

You might say "what about it?" But the truth remains in it

Just like the day can never deny the sun

Neither the moon the stars sleep on

'Do' will wait for 'Re' to make 'Mi'

How sweet the rhyme 'Do re mi '

No ward rounds & times idles like a hoax

And we await the days to run like a horse

When....

What am I trying to say ?

We miss u Or

Yes I do !


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October 12, 2011 at 11:49pm

From IJ Airport with Love

We set out on our quest with uneasiness

To pull out degrees from the mouth of the lion in the lions den

Days and sleepless night we sat to plan; our fingers crossed in supplication

We took off from the green hills and landed in IJ Airport

Ibiam and Manuwa saw us looking tattered and helpless and ignored our presence

We trudged on to pay homage to Ojukwu,ikemba himself

Before going to take a look at coracobrachialis at anat


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On our way back,Oga Emma was ever ready to quench our hunger

We retired with Kenneth Dike and Mbonu Ojike,our long-lost friends

By then cars have littered across the terraces of Ibiam

As an emergence beauty pageant rolled out

The Adelabu twins were still considering whether to give us a chance,preferring to look

through their windows

After consulting with big brother Mariere,he advised us on what to do

We heeded and alas, Ibiam became so cheerful to us and Manuwa started bringing food to usbeckoning on us to take them El Trigo

We thought better and took the presidential sisters to Abuja for fellowship and VG forprayers

Chapel and St Mulumba were not faraway too

Now we look back with nostalgia

Though we have marks from the fangs of the lion

We never regret walking into the Lions den

You know our secret?


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The Lion of the tribe of Judah was with us

And now we have become LIONS & LIONESSES

Thats the way to go !

August 29, 2011 at 1:10am

RESOUNDING TUNES

That season we awaited is come;

While many has gone

Truly it has not been smooth

But He gave the strength of the youth

And we have trudge till now

We just can't but wonder how

The music is in the air

Rythms from ear to ear

Am lovin' it so much

I hv never seen a love as such

Lets tune the song

That our voice ll ring like a gong

'Do Re Mi'. . . Oluremi

Xactly for u and me


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Let the duel cease

'Cos the duet begins:

"And Heaven & nature. . .sing"

CADENCE OF CANTICLES

Some things are best experienced than imagined. The web of intricacies was woven andinterlocked in an embrace of exciting adventure. Immediately I sat upon the seat of the

heights,my pen dangling from the rope that I tied to my waist,I could not wait to embark on

my missive adventure of putting in prints clear sojourns of things that are yet to hit the

appreciation of the eyes.

As if there was a grand concurrence to my quest,I was suddenly lost in the sights of

the sun and the moon struggling for a space in the sky,though it was yet on creation

morning. The moon had given way to the sun to rule the day;but as I closed my eyes for

empowerment from the almighty,the moon got whiff of the legendary quest I was about toembark on and then decide that perhaps it was not yet time to give way anyway. God was

in charge of all things so I was not bothered at all. The sun prevailed after it laid its claim

before the almighty that he had set a fast changeless decree that the sun must prevail in the

day.

I smiled to myself as the awesome drama unfolds before my eyes. You may laugh

at all this;am laughing as well. But hold your breathebecause something is about hitting you

now. The mind has conceived it and it cant but unleash it. The wind is standing by my side

to catch a few lines it would share with his friends residing in the Far East. I did not bother at

all. The birds of the air,as if by a grand conspiracy didnt not sing so loud;they decided on


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hums and lulls. It was so sweet as it helped to horn my mind. I looked at my back to see if He

that watches my back while I write is there. The reassurance that He radiated was a great

booster,He is indeed faithful and jus. Then I began to put down the loud exudation of the

mind lines so great:

Once a time,I saw the things that happened under the sun.

emeKaudeogu:

Unconventional writer with an apt for wide

imaginations. He prefers a simple style that

communicates to the reader in a personal way. Author

of soon-to-be published books: Marriages Break on

Saturdays, Theomachists and The Last Man Standing is

a Woman . And does not fail to express the Lordship of

Jesus Christ and that all men need be saved by Him.


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