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...

AWOKEN NIGHT

Of all the dames,
She was dear,
With smiles on lips,
I was lost in love,
But what she felt,
I know not.


In a period of time,
I heard the whisper,
It came in words,
And words in thought,
That what I seek,
Was what I'd get.


Like the fool I am,
It all began,
Like air is to human,
I'm glued to her,
Like fuel is to car,
We became inseparable.


With dawn upon,
I soon realize,
That with these progress,
She'd soon be gone,
To a life so far away.

Yet from the start,
She was never mine,
I fell like a ghost,
Without her smile,
And her cozy stare,
That melts my soul.


I wanted a night,
So close to her,
Just a cuddle
Was what I seek,
Like a disease,
She refrain from me,
And moved north,
When I headed south,
And moved west,
When I headed east.


While her pushes
Tagged me a thief,
Who had come
To claim it all.


The happiness grown,
a few months back,
But my only aim
Was a moment with her,

I was woke at dawn,
With a kiss on lips,
And her penetrating gaze,
Upon my soul,
At this moment,
My conviction was convicted,
That come rain and shine,
She'd still be here,
And no matter what,
She'd be glued to me...

Written by Olajide Oladipo
FEBRUARY 11, 2016

DEAR FROM AFAR

Olajide Oladipo

Hello my dear from the rear,

My feelings for you i bear, 

But all i offer to you is a pear,

Just for you to appear, 

A feign look you wear,

But my courage you geared,

All my effort this year,

Will all but not quell,

Oh! my pearl,

A stallion i'm to your mare,

Emotion seen in care,

But i know the time is near,

And you'd have to adhere,

That cupid is here,

To bless our heir,

A peer we earn,

 Destiny Mtika

Awww! Hello my dear from a far place,

Though worlds apart we are,

Still we together are inclined,

Like the pairs of the eyes blinking together,

So we exchange texts checking on each other,

The feeling of loneliness that use to cling on me then,

No longer exits because you embrace each day with thy sweet melodies.

Olajide Oladipo 

Mars I'd be to your Venus,

Cupid is there to bond us,

Heir is ours to flaunt with,

Every moment would be explain in books,

Every sound record as album,

And act will be directed as a season movies,

For this is our story on infinity Love

 

WHAT SHE'S NOT

Confused and attracted is how I feel, 

That began the story the day I met she, 

For I was mesmerized from she's not,
She's no sun yet she's glow,
She's no moon yet she's bright,
She's no angel yet she beautiful,
She's no tailor yet she mend my heart,
She's no potter yet mold my home,
She's no coach yet I'm her world best player,
She's no lecturer yet I learn from her,
She's no star yet she shine,
She's no number yet she's my perfect 8,
She's that diamond every man what to own, 

Yet my lack of resourcefulness and timidity divest me from her....

II

To her I'm but like a glass, cause all of me is so vivid to her,
She's no detective but she knows my crimes,
She just convicted me recently to a life of love so far away,
She's the reason I'm quick to wake when I go to bed,
She's the reason I'm full of emotion,
Yet so hungry to love.

Ladoime
05/06/2015