THE RITUALS by Abiola Inioluwa Oluwaseun
The Rituals It was a silent night, The sun retiring along With the day consumed by fatigue. I presumed the gentle wind got tired of its travail against the now...
THE REVOLUTION OF A SADIST by Abiola Inioluwa Oluwaseun
Mournful shadows dare not cry, Although their hearts are a den of tears. Dreams of the night have all been slain by flames of fear, whispering in their marrows. Mar...
MYSTERY OF TWO SOULS by Abiola Inioluwa Oluwaseun
What if I am just a man burdened with two personalites? What if those double figures are of adverse nationalities? What if one is chirpy and the other is a...
AWELE, BE MY CLAY by Abiola Inioluwa Oluwaseun
Awele! If your heart is a broken calabash, Let me be the potter to gather your remains. If your heart is a withered flower, Let me be the water that...
LET ME DIE by Abiola Inioluwa Oluwaseun
Let me die Tonight I wish to die, I wish to die after beholding death unravel our posterity's nudity. I wish to halt my soul from beholding the parched bones...
AN ORPHAN’S CRY by Abiola Inioluwa Oluwaseun
I know the feeling that Juvenile felt When deserted beneath an isolated tree, Do you know that feeling? The fear that gripped souls of those down-casted girls Waking up beneath...
OUR LOVE JUST DIED: by Abiola Inioluwa Oluwaseun
The love we yielded Was mightier than the United Ocean, We realized her origin And felt there was no end. Emotional furnace Veiled our heart. When we were perplexed It...
ANOTHER DESERT: by Abiola Inioluwa Oluwaseun
There were times when life gave me a hug Colleagues and confidants, all under my chants, Girls in college melting at my sight, Even the sun had come visiting at...
MAN IN THE HOOD: by Abiola Inioluwa Oluwaseun
I am a man who's got no face, Even still I possess all countenance. I steal glances at the hills and mountain, But it amazes me that I was spilled...
OMIDAN: by Abiola Inioluwa Oluwaseun
Hey Heart drummer My heart gambled a beat As you strolled down that twisted path Of isolation, I gazed at your legs as tiny diamonds Danced about them. Now my...