@SMC
I do have a choice, I can deny my identity and, get my skin turnover like Michael Jackson, and take over the western heritage, but am proud to be an african.

U are rite when u said, nigeria is full of shatterd dreams , but I must tell u somethn, it is one thn for u to have a dream, it is another for ur dream to have u, most pple have wishes and not dreams (now am being figurative), I hope u get me.

@SMC
SOME AFRICANS MOSTLY NIGERIANS TEND TO DENY BEING AFRICAN AND TAKE OVER THE WESTERN HERITAGE. I LOVE AFRICA, I BELIEVE IN THE DREAM OF AFRICA.

thanks man.

THE EDGE

Today I need
to sprint along the Edge
I need to laugh
into the darkness below
to mock it.

At the same time
I need to toss back my head
wind ripping at my hair
and watch the moon
rest majestic before the stars
as this earthen, human world rushes past.

I need to pull you to me
and crash our bodies together
like surf and rock
like a meteor flashing hot
against the sky
like a lifetime
of fucking rolled into once.

Like a soft kiss
damp lips and light breath on skin--
and bruising bites
leaving traces of blood
on my tongue and yours.

I need it all.
I can't have you right now
so I close my eyes
and we're together again.

You are bound craupadine
you are all mine
and I am all yours.
We play and laugh and love.
This becomes our world
our nirvana for the moment
timeless
senseless except for senses we stir:
Kubla Khan rises around us
the Great Pyramids
the canals of Mars, flowing
hot and molten Venus
oceanbeds swirl schools of tropical fish
dancing overhead
sunken ships and gold and whipfire lightning
flashing thick beneath the waves,

God I miss you.
That's all this is supposed to say.

The Edge fades now.

You've helped me push at the skin
until my gleaming places sliced through
secrets revealed.

I can wait.
Life is good now.

I am so alive
and I am so in love.

I AM AN AFRICAN.

I am an African
Not because I was born there
But because my heart beats with Africa’s
I am an African
Not because my skin is black
But because my mind is engaged by Africa
I am an African
Not because I live on its soil
But because my soul is at home in Africa

When Africa weeps for her children
My cheeks are stained with tears
When Africa honours her elders
My head is bowed in respect
When Africa mourns for her victims
My hands are joined in prayer
When Africa celebrates her triumphs
My feet are alive with dancing

I am an African
For her blue skies take my breath away
And my hope for the future is bright
I am an African
For her people greet me as family
And teach me the meaning of community
I am an African
For her wildness quenches my spirit
And brings me closer to the source of life

When the music of Africa beats in the wind
My blood pulses to its rhythm
And I become the essence of music
When the colours of Africa dazzle in the sun
My senses drink in its rainbow
And I become the palette of nature
When the stories of Africa echo round the fire
My feet walk in its pathways
And I become the footprints of history

I am an African
Because she is the cradle of my birth
And nurtures an ancient wisdom
I am an African
Because she lives in the world’s shadow
And bursts with a radiant luminosity
I am an African
Because she is the land of tomorrow
And I recognise her gifts as sacred

samson.

Nice poem Yusufadeto.
U kinda advise people with ur poem, and u are also motivational, I feel u man

Leaving footprints on the sand,


Hand in hand u walked with me,
As the Sun slowly faded
Into the gentle blue sea,


I'd pictured this moment,
A thousand times before,
In my most precious dream,
I know I couldnt love anyone more,


It was at that instant,
In my heart I knew,
There was nothing in this world,
I wouldn't do for you,

Trying to find a comparison ,
To my love and devotion,
Would be as helpless and tiring,
As counting the raindrops in the ocean,

I always wonder if God,
Send us each a true love,
He proved it to me with u,
His messenger from above,

For in u I see my future,
And everything that is real,
How could I possibly ,
Put into words wht I feel,

If tomorrow there is no Sun,
My words fail to rhyme,
My Love would still be yours,
Until the end of time,

i will love to know u
because i see the spirit of a
great woman in your thoughts

chiegemba, u are welcome as our judge, so tell us the rules of we the contestants are to follow and i hope there would be some juicy juicy for the winner. lol

[sub][/sub]clears throat.

any judge around

LIVING JUST FOR U


She always watched you from afar,
with all her feelings kept inside.
Though she never did admit it,
she'd die just to be at your side.

Wondered how she fell for you,
she was won over by your charms.
Needed to feel your warm embrace,
she'd die to be inside your arms.

Dreamed of you every night,
she loved that more than anything.
Fantasizing of your love,
she'd die to be your everything.

Wanted at times to feel your lips,
hoping that soon you'd grant her this.
Only to have you close to her,
she'd die to give into your kiss.

Wished each day this love would last,
that you'd always be together.
To hear your soft and loving words,
she'd die to know you mean forever.

And when she finally got her wish,
she realized that this love was true.
Before, she'd die to have your love,
but now she's living just for you.

it seems i have read that poem somewhere else b4, its cool. I pray we have a judge here.

@yusufadeto,
hey guy, I think am ready for another context, and am charging u to the battle field.

@christy,
lets make this thread more lively again.

who is this girl, u guys are talking about?

Wole wats the rift b/w u and phoenixman?