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Posted on May 31, 2023May 31, 2023 by Aonepoetry · 2 Comments

Heartbreak on the Train

They say love comes in mysterious ways
When you least expect it like winter maize
Some get lucky while some fall down the drain
Do not mistake desire for like because it might lead you astray

A run for PMS is now a run for my money
Who knew I could be freezing even when the weather is sunny
I caught a glimpse of something that cost me my senses that I became a dummy
It might sound funny but she looked like the most juicy honey

I was frozen like deer in headlights
I could feel pains of joy across my body like love bites
But before I could approach she zoomed out of my sight
Just a glimpse of her felt like love at first sight

My heart kept beating “I must see her again”
How could just this one girl dismantle my brain
So I went in search for her which at first went in vein
Until I saw her boarding on the same train

I felt a bolt of lightening down my spine
I told myself “this girl has to be mine”
I approached her immediately and exchanged hi’s
I told her I needed her in my life not only on valentines

I kept pouring my heart to her and all I could put to words
At some point she had a reaction that felt like disgust
She hushed me and walked off – as I watched her disappear from sight like dust
There I sat on a long train ride with my heart crushed

They say love comes in mysterious ways
When you least expect it like winter maize
Some get lucky while some fall down the drain
Do not mistake desire for like because it might lead you astray

Posted on May 17, 2023May 17, 2023 by Aonepoetry · 1 Comment

Lust – Chapter One

Classrooms were always a blurr
I could not get my mind to focus because I was always bored
I knew someone was speaking but I couldn’t understand a word
All seemed like torture between those four walls
Until she walked in – my heart began to roar

It was lust at first sight
My soul almost flew off like a kite
I kept introducing myself a million times in my mind
As she was walking, seeking for a place to seat
I kept staring that I feel off my seat

Of Course the entire class laughed
With the little dignity I had left, I picked myself and cleaned my glass
I could care less, that my friends were having a blast
I was so nervous – I forgot I was in class
I politely gestured – she seat beside me but she just smiled and passed

As she walked by me it felt like thunder strike
That was when I came back to earth and realise I was still alive
She walked up to me after class to say ‘hi’
She had such a seductive smile that could bring a dead man to life
Out of lust, I did not know when I screamed “OMG I found a wife”

She held a good conversation, even though I could not get myself to focus
I kept staring at her eyes that looks like lotus
Something magical happened, that knocked me off my feet
Mid conversation she winked at me, intending I would notice
I paused for a second and smiled because it felt like I was in heaven

I asked her out for launch after school
She politely turned me down and said
“How about you come to my place – I hope you can cook”
I felt a rush through my veins – all I could utter was “cool”
We hugged and said our byes

Classrooms where always a blurr
I could not get my mind to focus because I was always bored
I knew someone was speaking but I couldn’t understand a word
All seemed a torture until she walked-in between those four walls
And now my heart beats in anticipation because it seems I am about to fall

Posted on May 12, 2023 by Aonepoetry

Perfect Imperfections

I am no Prophet nor Messiah
Neither can I walk on water nor float in the air
I claim no strength – I cannot wrestle a bear
Nor would I wisdom – I end up clapping trying to swat a fly
Afterall, I am only Human who is subject to fear

It might sound ignorant of me to claim I know better
That my winter jacket could function through any weather
Or in a dinning hall of food for thought – I claim clever
Despite being thought to never say never
I am only Human – never blame me for trying to be better

The journey might be rough
I Might encounter a few hiccups
Experiences that would make me tough
Which might not even be enough
Afterall, I am only Human and this is my life’s handcuff

I make no excuses for my mistakes
Do not blame me for your lack of faith
I added no ingredient to the making of your pound cake
Look in the mirror if you want to challenge your fate
I am only Human – I can only carry my weight

Some people think I could solve their problem
So much they sing my name as an anthem
They hold my opinions to contempt
Until they are temporarily satisfied with their ransom
Afterall, I am only Human with my own looming problems

Do not force my opinion by making me lie
Do not request my apology if the truth makes you cry
Do not expect me to smoke just so you can get high
Every caterpillar needs to evolve to be called a butterfly
You are only Human – The laws of nature is something you must comply

Posted on April 26, 2023April 26, 2023 by Aonepoetry · 1 Comment

Lux Mea

How could I ever bring myself to say goodbye
When everytime I think of you, I want to cry
Or how looking at your picture makes me smile
And remembering that you gave me the colours of your eye
So when I look into the mirror I see your light

First thing every morning I receive a letter in my dream
It holds the same content every time I open it
It carries a fragrant tone that Could bring a mountain to its knee
With love and care, you ask me how I feel?
How I wish I could reply, even if it is just to say Thank You.

You made a young man out of me
You gave me your looks, and now the girls are after me
You put so much joy in my heart that my lips smile lavishly
You showed me how to be loved and love my woman elegantly
You taught me the art of kindness, I would have been lost without your guidance

You always saw the best in me when I couldn’t
You made me believe in myself when everyone didn’t
You Taught me how to dance to every melody
You showed me how to see the bigger picture even in a passport photo
You made me understand the importance of my family tree

So tell me, how could I say goodbye
When everything I am is a reflection of you
When every memory makes me miss you
When every day has no magic without you
When there would never be me, if there wasn’t a You.

Posted on January 20, 2023January 20, 2023 by Aonepoetry

Friend Zone

How could you say we could still be friends
When we never shared the same emotional lens
Everytime you see me your heart gets intense
It’s obvious you love me but you keep hiding behind a pretense

I laid my heart out for you
And you walked all over it with your matching shoe
I crawled, asking “what you want me to do”
You looked me in my eye and gave me my heart to chew

They say the best things in life are not free
Because you were the best thing in my life, I refused to let you be
I became the friend you talk to when no one was there but me
The one you complain to on how your boyfriend cheats

I was heartbroken but delighted hearing your voice
I kept crying wondering when you would realize
I was the bestie in the friendzone that had to rejoice
Giving you advice on how to go about with your love life

I understood you never liked me like I loved you
You never saw me as the man who will take you beyond the moon
Wake up to my breakfast and visit the zoo
Whom before you go to sleep would say “Ï love you”

With time I got used to the pain
The headaches stopped affecting my brain
My tears no longer poured like rain
My heart began to turn sane

Yet we became closer friends
But that didn’t stop my painful trends
I always wonder to myself when this would end
But how I could I live in a world without my gem

He later cheated with your best friend
You came to me crying as the dependable friend
I cheered you up and made the situation less tense
Even convinced you to look at it in a lighter sense

weeks later you came back to me saying you’ve fallen in love
It’s been sudden but its like this person has you in his palm like gloves
How this time around you believe he is your true love
Only for me to ask who and you mention a name that wasn’t mine

They say better late than never
But I cannot be chasing after you forever
As much as I would wish you to be my lover
You’ve made your choice and I hope that choice would treat you better

How could you say we could still be friends
When we never shared the same emotional lens
Everytime you see me your heart gets intense
It’s obvious you love me but you keep hiding behind a pretense

Posted on January 11, 2023January 11, 2023 by Aonepoetry

Smile

Pledge the badge of loyalty
Sing the songs of hypocrisy
Hiding under the name of democracy
While matching in the name of bureaucracy

When was the last time you saw your smile
When was the last time you saw your family smile
When was the last time you saw your neighbor smile
When was the last time you saw your country smile

Summer rains in people’s face
The innocent are in search of grace
The hearts of the good is on a verge of misplace
Collectively we are in a state of disgrace

I saw the fear in an innocent man
Who fell victim to the politics of scam
He knew nothing of their selfish plan
While expecting thy mail, thy became their mailman

When was the last time you saw your own tear
Despite knowing everyone around you survives under fear
Might you be so heartless that you do not even care
I suggest you look in the mirror before looking into others’ affair

They say’ even a lonely wolf ends up in a pack
To survive one needs to learn how to counter their attack
Take a wrong move and you might end up being their snack
Thus, one step at a time with your eyes behind your back

The hidden tears in our eyes
Do result to violence in disguise
Regardless of the storm brewing in the skies
It never hurts to wipe away someone else’s cries

Smiling is one amongst the greatest of gifts
With the most minimal of efforts one could uplift
No matter how strong, an emotion can succumb to a shift
With a smile on your face, one could never face defeat

Do your best to make yourself smile
Do your best to make your family smile
Do your best to make your neighbor smile
Do your best to make your country smile

Posted on January 6, 2023January 6, 2023 by Aonepoetry · 1 Comment

Out Cry

Take down the wall | Make it up to me
Do not let your pride stand between what we have built
Do not shy away from confessing your shortcomings
It’s simple, when you are wrong issue an apology
We build not destroy the branches of our family tree

Why end a caterpillar’s life because you fear butterfly
To what crime does the innocent deserve to die
No more political foolery, Unravel the myth to be free
Make way for me but first, make it up to me
Humble yourself and take a knee, Colin Kaepernick

Sixty-Two years and counting but I have nothing to show for it
Aside from banditry being my most lucrative industry
Corruption being my consistent and badge of identity
Lawlessness even laissez faire seem strict to me
Just discipline yourself and make it up to me

I can still forgive your shortcomings
Life is a book and we are all verses to it’s poetry
Every pencil has an eraser if you are willing to look for it
With a simple amendment we can make his story history
Don’t put your pride in the way just make it up to me

I do not care about my blood nor sweat I just want to be free
I was born in this land, why does it give me misery?
To think you could do me no more injury
Are you telling me the Vampires have taken over this country?
What happened to your magic, just make it up to me

What is there to fear just make it up to me
You have my mind chained and you hold the leash
I watched them kidnap and kill my brothers and you forced me to sheeh!
I kept my mouth closed while you eat off the leaves from our family tree
All I ask is for you to make it up to me, Capeesh!

Take down the wall | Make it up to me
Do not let your pride stand between national peace
Do not shy away from confessing your shortcomings
It’s simple, when you are wrong issue an apology
We build not destroy the branches of our family tree

Posted on December 22, 2022January 4, 2023 by Aonepoetry

Play The Fool

There comes a time in life when you question the rules
Not every rhythm is supposed to sound cool
Not every motivation is meant to be your fuel
Not every information is stamped from school
Sometimes in life one has to play the fool

Talk is cheap in a world where everyone is broke
They hide behind their lies and wear it as a cloak
They will try to burn you and meditate with your smoke
They fear the greatness in you because it makes them choke
Talk is cheap, read the lines between their joke

When it rains it pours, when you cry it floats
Emotions are not weakness, wear them like a coat
Keep your head up but protect your throat
Why would they only give you milk when they know you are lactose ?
When it rains it pours, make sure you soak in the notes

Always remain loyal to your future and not your past
Whatever was should remain in contrast
Whatever is should not be bound by typecast
The past was once present, which of your gifts will last ?
Always remain loyal to your future for it holds the key to your craft

Never shy away from being different, always remain unique
Don’t let them look at you.., but make them value you as an antique
When you open your mouth let them feel the weight in what you speak
Humble yourself in silence and listen to what it means
Never shy away from being different, nor argue against critics

There comes a time in life when you question the rules
Not every information is stamped from school
Not every motivation is meant to be your fuel
Not every rhythm is supposed to sound cool
There comes a time in life when you just have to play the fool

Posted on November 18, 2022May 24, 2023 by Aonepoetry · 8 Comments

Love Tycoon

Who knew a casual stroll would end up changing of my life
That I would randomly meet this stranger that would blow my mind
That I could find a star shining at noon
That one person could take my heart out like a tycoon
And mentally incapacitate me with just a smile that strikes like a harpoon

They say love comes best when you are not looking
It creeps onto you with surprise and becomes the best feeling
It opens your heart to versions of joy you could never imagine
Takes your happiness up above every ceiling

I found myself at aww
My sight caught a girl with no flaw
Abundantly beautiful that a mere look dislocated my jaw
With an IQ of over 160 and I couldn’t understand what I saw

Could this be why they say love is blind
I tried to walk up to her but my confidence was nowhere to be found
It seemed she noticed me, so she put on a smile
I knew I was standing but all I felt was my soul drown

I attempted to take a step and found myself floating in thin air
As I gained consciousness I was falling to the ground
It was ironic that I felt no fear I just kept gazing at her smile
I felt the impact of the ground but I was too mesmerised to care

She had a reaction upon seeing my fall
She reached out her hands and said “let me help you up”
I look at her and said ”Yes, I will marry you’’
I might have just fallen but I already fell for you

Lost of words, she just giggled while shaking her head
I said to her “is that your way of celebrating our marriage”
She leaned over to my ear and gave me a breezy kiss
Then whispered to me “wake up you are daydreaming”

I opened my eyes and realised I was still on the floor
The angel like girl I saw was taking pictures of squirrels
I quickly jumped up and dusted myself in disgrace
I caught a glimpse of her looking my way so I pretended to tie my lace

She began to walk towards me
I was literally shaking from the inside
She politely said “hi, I hope you didn’t hurt yourself”
I tried to act tough and said “nah, that fall was nothing”

I knew she saw through my lies, because my left elbow was bleeding
She reached into her bag and handed me a napkin
She asked if she could treat my wound ?
I gently whispered “Yes, I will marry you”

She asked me to repeat myself trying to understand what I just uttered
I said “yes please, that will be so kind of you.”
While she was cleaning my injury I told her she was really cute
She looked me in the eye and smiled then she said “You too”.

Posted on September 30, 2022September 30, 2022 by Aonepoetry · 2 Comments

Paradox Of Diversity

We live in a nation of diversity
We survive through the paradox of diverse cities
In divide all we have is insurgency
In unity is how we overcome adversity
How difficult is it to achieve peace and tranquillity

They say we can only be independent as a unit
But our identity is what unifies us in spirit
Yet we allow divide to conquer us in public
We throw our humanity and suppress our ethics
All in the name of some ethnicity that we inherit

Before any identification came Adam and Eve
Before you typecast me I plead you see through my humanity
There is beauty beyond the eye in diversity
I am sure you all can tell from your experiences of daily activities
Or the joy derived from dressing in our natives for the Independence festivity

They say stability of unity comes from the spirit of equality and Oneness
I say the beauty of our unity comes from the strength in our diverseness
Only together can we achieve feets that are countless
What connects us are more than that which separates us, so do the maths
And you will find there is Unity in Diversity

Hate it or Love it we are all pieces to this puzzle called Nigeria
I do not have to know you for us to have the same criteria
We might be two sides of a coin but when you flip, I flip the same
So when I point at you in blame, I am only putting my name to shame
There is Unity in Diversity and this fact remains the same

They say what divides can also multiply
So when we unite, the result is something we cannot quantify
Sixty Two years later, it is time to ask ourselves why
Why am I frightened by the notion of adversity
Why am I blind to the fact that there is Unity in Diversity

Poetry

Author: Aonepoetry

I am a prodigy of the 90s