₦airaland Forum

ijakunmo ki nrin lo san
eni abire ki rin oru
the wild animal does not wander during the day
nor does a responsible person gallivant at night
halt!where are you heading tonight?
which nightclub, which strip club, which LovePeddler house?
when will you stop this life of wasteful pleasure seeking?
what about the wife and kids back home?
hearken to the words of wisdom, will you?
put an end to this filth!
quick!retrace your steps!

Everyday is a new beginning!

daybreak
is
getting
up
every day
knowing
that
your
life
has
just
begun!

You were my enemy yesterday
But today, you are my friend
You nearly killed me the last time
But today, I gave you my shoulder to lean on
Lord, give me a big heart
A heart big enough to contain my world
Filled with treachery, pain, condescension and stark evil
Let me pay evil with good
Let me be another Christ for the world to behold!

Let's all join hands to Bring Back Our Chibok Girls!

I am lonely, molested and hungry
I do not know what will become of me
! might be forced to marry a mad maniac
! have not seen my family for almost a year
I am malnourished, maltreated and incarcerated
I don't know if I will ever see civilization again
I don't know if I will live or die
Who will rescue me?

Just to express my disappointment with the power sector in Nigeria!

oku igbe!
dead poo!
robbing Peter to pay Paul
taking money for service rendered not
NEPA or PHCN as you are now called
or the new privatized owners
birds of the feather
dishing out darkness, holding light
bleaking businesses, blighting lives
you agents of a comatose government
when are Nigerians going to boast of light for 24 hours?

it is good to be good
goodness is life's greesy oil
goodness is the potent balm in our troubled world
to be good is an asset to humanity
choosing goodness is the ultimate real deal
making that fundamental choice to do good
is the hard way but trully the only way for real men!

the good, the bad, the ugly
beauty and beast
angel and demon
that is man for you
all the forces of good
all the forces of evil
are complete in every man
so, it all boils down to choices
every man is both good and bad!

that I may love you all my life
that I may love truly my neighbour
that I may deny myself for your sake
that I may live with you in view
that I may depend on you alone
that your name may be forever in my heart inscribed
that I may find you in all that I do
to this I put my name
ise

the trees of the forest
the blue sky above
the depths of the seas
the ravages of the savage beasts
the warmth of tamed animals
the freshness of the air we breathe
the humanity of our manfulness
indeed, the cosmos, the universe, the galaxies
all belong to you
oh God of creation!

I am neither superior nor inferior to any man,
I am inalienably endowed with dignity,
I am gifted, loving and intelligent,
I am a child of God and so, a child of destiny,
I am an African and a Nigerian,
I am a philosopher, a brother and a friend,
And my name is Ogodo Isaiah Joseph Akpomovine!

why do we hate each other so?
why do we maltreat one another so?
why do we rob Peter to pay Paul?
why do we repay good with evil?
why do hurt each other and cause one another pain?
why do we add insult to injury?
why are we good, bad and ugly?
the answer lies deeply inside us,
we have to ourselves face,
we have to confront our friendly foe within!

the sound of music
the step of a dance
the scribling of a pen
the motion of the actor
the carving of the sculptor...
all is art and art is all
art is beauty
art is life
art is the heart of the matter
it is dance of the sun
it is tears of a child
it is the smile of the beggar
yes, art is everything and everything is art!

My God, my Lord!
I praise you with gusto!
Thank you for your everlasting love for me,
Though unfaithful am I, you never falter in attentive munificence!
You have revealed yourself to me,
You have proofed your magnanimity,
Yes you are my God indeed!

love
hate
truth
falsehood
gyrations from nothingness
musings from permutations of irrational rationality
lost in the sea of philosophical circumnavigation!
I am just being my deep self.

fake
unreal
false
untrue
that is what you are!
so you think you are superior?
so you think you are better?
so you think you are fancier?
please leave me alone
just go your way
leave me alone
you are not for real
you are phoney!

leaf fresh in a dry desert
limbo indeterminately finitely indefinite
sea red unknown unsojourned
red line between living and dying
oh God, please help Bobby Christina!

ife tooto re
this is true love
that I give me up for you
that I die for you
that I deny myself for you
because I have discovered that my life isn't mine
it belongs to God
and because it is God's, I can forget myself for others
because I love God, I can love my neighbour
I love all men as God's images on earth!
herein lies true love unconditionally unflinching!

ibinu
anger
I feel that raw emotion
my heart, head, mind, soul all race on
the world maltreats me
to them I am a nobody
to them I do not matter
to them I am inconsequential
but I insist on my manhood
you can't rob me of it
but I insist on my dignity
you can't take it from me
it was inalienably conferred on me by my Creator
in spite of your unjust persecution
succeed shall I
from the rubbles of your disdainful drama
shall I rise to freedom, fulfillment and prosperity
before God stand I alone
alone with none but Him
shall I get to the promised land
where I shall be all in all
and you my subjects!
so help me God!

let me be
let me live
let me strive
let me trudge
let me jive
let me sing
let me walk
please let me be myself
for being me is the best thing for me
being Isaiah is the greatest gift I can give my neighbour
being is best manifestation of my personal miracle
being true to me is my best endeavour!

Ileri,
Promise,
Vow,
Creed,
Truth,
I promise to you be true
I promise to obey your decrees
I promise to do your will
Come rain, come shine,
Though flawed am I,
Though concupiscent am I,
Even when war rages on,
I will do thine will, oh Lord,
All by thine grace!

ile re
this is home
home is with you
home is in your loving embrace
home is being with you in giggling chatter
home is gisting with you with reckless abandon
home is going to the market to get you groceries
home is reading you a novel to lull you to sleep
home is being with you without needing to prove anything
home is loving you unconditionally!

otito
truth
let me embrace thee
let me love thee
let me know thee
let me face thee
please liberate me
please permeate me
let me always welcome thee
for thou art my only liberator!

Love is in the eyes of a beggar and responding with charity
Love is in the smile of a child and a parent's embrace
Love is real, not a fleeting feeling
Love is in our hearts!

ise logun ise
work is the antidote for poverty
what is my job?
I am a writer by birth and inclination
my pen is my mirth, my solace, my escape
my script tells my story, my perspective, my vision
read me or rue it
this is my life!
this is my heart!
this is my creed!

ore timotimo
best of friends
loyal, true, committed,
mine through thick and thin
always there come rain and shine
gift from heaven
bulwark of truth through the lies
highest dignity of womanhood
sure symbol of the African child
insignia of the Cross
friend for life!

Lord, have mercy on us!
Oluwa sanu fun wa!
We are incorrigibly ever erring!
We have hardened our hearts!
Mankind has abandoned You!
We have chosen our own path!
Lord, have mercy!

Nigeria, USA, Namibia, Ukraine, China,
The worldover, everywhere, man is now God!
Mankind has rebelled against his Maker!
And his Maker looks on patiently, lovingly...

please don't search for evil everywhere
it's in you
please don't search for good everywhere
it's in you
pleassssssse, don't search for God everywhere
He is right inside of you
the good, the bad, the ugly
that is you!

truth
reality
fact
that is God!
proof?
God is!
nature testifies
teleology celebrates Him
my mind justifies Him
God has proven Himself to me!