MOCKINGBIRD

I'm flirting with a demon I could hardly define,
I'm wooing the air I could hardly hold,
I place all hope in a basket on the river bank,
Yet I'm as strong as the igneous rock,

I'm homed with a clown I could hardly describe,
With smile on my lips I could hardly decide,
I thought of his goals and I was all but dismayed,
With lot on my head all I could do was gaze,

Yet my stare was as clear as the sky,
With darkness all I seek was light,
I figured a way but with no design,
I'm building a home of air in the cloud,
With a scream so loud I'm all but awake,
Only to realize it all in farce,
Then I noticed I've alight from my dream,

Been a man was all I aim,
To be the best is nothing but a game,
Life is a conquest,
I'm a victor,
Challenge my daily hurdle,
As all focus on wealth and the life beyond,
Here I'm  been a mocking bird
Spilling every thought with no regret


Written by Oladipo Afeez Olajide

THE JOURNEY

Once upon a time,
In a town quite far,
was a boy housing
the soul of a man.

schooled like his likes,
learned in the lessons
of a leader — to have
a goal ahead of his head.

unlike his father's wants,
the media was his place
to find a voice, a means
to his turning point.

he vowed to wow his lots
with a greater cost to pay;
leaving linguistics to
pursuing political science.

the papers prepared him
for greater battles against
forces within the school
when his passes were failed.

embittered by the exit of near
and dear ones — the crew which
he was a part of; spending
an extra time to score this goal.

friends go, friends come:
he renewed his circle with faces
from a future he didn't foresee
while his night broke into dawn.

he bought & sold to pass his time
within this prison of classes & tests
& later bagged his degree a year after:
ready for a new phase as a youth corper.


Written by Oladipo Afeez Olajide


Edited by Rilwan Tukur

MEMORIES

Eyes wide shut,
Barrel of memories replaying,
Each drop from the barrel,
A different taste of beverage,
Sometimes its honey other times its Campari
Either way it all liquid,
Hot or cold,
Every gulp remind me of my past,
Good or bad,
Happy or sad,
Fun or boring,
It remains my core.

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CON

Con

That the word to describe us,
Gender alike,
We sought to have ends met,
To some love it's,
To others material thing,
While to some others just sexual satisfaction,

Either way,
We take our mark seriously,
Like every con man on job,
Becoming one with the new identity,
Maybe sometimes it too late,
Late to tell who we really are,
To who we pretend to be,

Some ply this route so long,
The road to self discovery,
Becomes another form of pretense,
Telling little lies,
faking emotions, feelings,
Doing what often make our mark(s)
Give what we need without the need to ask.

Either way at the end we all are con,
And we all have been conned at one point,
Yet we never stop wishing to be con (ed),
Cause what is life without con,
What life without love,
Love is con,
Con is love,
So ask yourself are you a con?  Or a mark?



By Olajide Oladipo

Health Tips

Recipes:
Garlic,
Lime,
Ginger drink Natural drinks or beverages are the best form of drinks to indulge in for our body system, They are handy and homemade,You have optimum anti-oxidants and an energy booster . It prevent your body system from stroke, cholesterol, diabetes, heart, lung, kidney,liver related diseases and other internal organs ailment. It help with weight loss, detoxifying the body

which is the foundation to a permanent weight loss and highly beneficial to your overall health.

Health Benefits of Aloe Vera One of such drink is Garlic, lime, ginger and aloe-Vera drink. Preparation Time : 10 minutes Ingredients: *5 Garlic *50 cl Lime *5 Ginger *1 long and large stem of Aloe-Vera *50 cl Pure honey Optional *50 cl Grape *50 cl Orange How to Prepare it: *Open up the Aloe Vera stem and scrape the gel into a bowl. *Peel the Ginger and Garlic. *Then put the Aloe Vera, all the Garlic and some of the Ginger into your blender first. *Add some Lime Juice then blend. *While blending, remove the blender cover and pure the remaining Lime Juice and then add the remaining Ginger 1 by 1 until everything is in the mix and blending. *Lastly, while the blending is still going on, pour the honey into the mix. *Leave for another 30 seconds for everything to be fully blended and mixed together. Pour the mix into a 1.5 litre bottle and keep refrigerated(frozen).

NOTE: If you have peeled Egusi(Melon) before, then you can peel the Garlic the same way by squeezing sideways to remove the skin. Shake well before you take your 1 shot or 3 tablespoonful every night and always keep refrigerated. I take it 3 times a week, morning and night. Morning on an empty stomach before brushing the teeth and at night before sleeping and as usual, i brush my teeth at night because of the smell. Do not be bothered about the offensive odour of the Garlic and the bitter taste of the Aloe Vera. The combination of the Ginger, Lime Juice and Honey will neutralize them and you will probably wonder if the Garlic and Aloe Vera are actually in the mix. The Ginger and Honey also act as preservative to make the mix maintain its taste and potency throughout until you finish it. Though, the drink is relatively bitter since it is not a juice that you can gargle. I always gulp it just like drugs and it is worth taking it every morning after brushing the teeth or before taking your compulsory breakfast. You can take it before sleeping at night as well. Make sure you give it a try and make it your daily drink .

MOMENT IN LOVE

 



It all began,
With my thoughts in words,
My words in rhymes,
My rhymes in love,
And my love in you.

If anyone asks you,
Tell them I'm a little mad,
Say I looked for you,
At the bottom of every bottle,
Hoping to find happiness,
Cause I miss you bad.

If anyone asks you,
Just say the sun forgot to shine,
And the earth stood still,
Say happiness exists still,
And I found mine at the bottom of a labeled bottle,
Which label reads your name.

If anyone asks you,
Tell them I've been drinking all year,
Now I'm drunk to stupor,
Not of alcohol however,
But for the love you showered on me.

If anyone ask you,
Tell them I've been smoking for decades,
For reason unknown,
Until I met you,
My sight was bright as sun,
And reason so clear as star,
That which have been smoking,
Was your love wrapped in rizzla.

If anyone ask you,
Tell them I've been writing,
For a particular reason,
That glued our fate,
Make us mate,
Just to start with a date,
Maybe at this rate,
Our love would escalate,
To a level we procreate,
For our family to relate,
Leading us to celebrate,
What we just created.

If anyone ask you,
Just tell them what we Feel,
Is fireproof.

CRIMINAL CELEBRITIES

This piece stands to portray events in most African nations and countries with similar

attributes such as failing economy system, corruption, civil unrest, clamour for secession,

marginalization, poverty, high level of illiteracy and terrorism both psychological and

physical, under-development e.t.c amongst others.



It is a known fact that countries which exemplify most factors listed above often forsake attribute

such as pious, truth and integrity  for the opposite and people who possess such character are often

seen as fools...



Why thieves, vindictive, erratic liars are often celebrated and turned into demi-gods, even

Almighty would have to pause on some occasion to acknowledge this celebrity criminals as

often seen in mosque when Jumat prayers are often delayed till their arrival or in church

where sermons are tailored to suit our modern criminals.



This criminals don't use physical weapons such as gun, knives, bombs to kill but they wield power

(words) which is the greatest weapons of all.



They wage psychological wars on human race and humanities by not only denying them of their

basic needs and necessity but also instigate a fraction and/or race to take some desired course of

action which would certainly lead to the doom/demise of both the race and individual pawns

involved leaving corpse on the path to their road to success, and committing Ungodly crime such as

genocide and destruction.



Despite their crimes ranging from embezzling and misappropriation to war, they are often

celebrated like a celebrity which they are due to the consent of populace either election or

 by appointment, "voice populi voice dae" voice of the people, voice of God respectively.



The reason they still continue to loot our future and bastardize our present linger on the consent

 which the people have given them either via poverty (selling of votes) illiteracy ( i.e the

gullibility of believing in lies either from our religious leaders, ethnic leaders or tribal

background) which are nothing but a tool to politicians and various political actors) \.



While I was young, my parent often enslave my mentality into believing that the God mostly

recognized by my nation Christianity and Islam, perhaps one of the same God in various

form and various cultural background.


but now I ask my fellow readers "is it wrong to believe in oneself ?"


If you don't believe in you and you claim to belief in God "to what extent ?"



Parent as we know them are guardian who are to explain the do's and don't and existing

 protocol / social order of life without interjecting or enforcing personal traits or attributed as our

way of life, the opposite is usually the case, we are different and cannot be our parents' photocopy.

 Why can't they appreciate our difference and not use other A' type robot peers as a

yardstick for our success...