SHADOWS ON HIS WALL by Ojembe Victor
The figure on his bright walls cries for help The muted screams of a girl, Sit beneath her bowels The fast grinding of his waist, creating a bitter-sweet cascade, of...
DADDY’S TALE by Ojembe Victor
Daddy’s tale They cry for a future They never tried planning We canvas for a secluded state With hands at akimbo Our fathers knew what they saw With their head...
LETS GO TO THE SLUMS by Ojembe Victor
Living below a dollar per day They wait for no pay Scavenging for their daily pay Waiting for merchant at their ugly bay After their routine sick hustle They...
KISS WITH THE FIST by Ojembe Victor
The cathedral down the lane Fully eclipsed with naïve souls The resonating bells Ushering the love birds We saw flowers Dropping from engraved plates With hands locked in sweetness They...
BLACKBOARDS by Ojembe Victor
I dreamt they drew on us Taking turn with chalks We stood rigid like blackboards Slaves with no selfhood Our skin too black For their albino eyes Their crystal blue...
PRAY FOR ME FATHER by Ojembe Victor
Pray for me father Pray for me father, I killed IT. Killed the tiny heart dancing to life’s beats, Strangled in pain and rage. ITS tears flooding my bowel, Drowning...