What Shall We Tell Them?

The picture is the picture
and we live the facts
But the picture ain't right image
and the acts deny the facts
When our neighbours frown
what shall we tell them

The figures are the figures
and we know the facts
But the figures ain't translating
and the nation is stagnating
When our children cry
what shall we tell them

The speeches are the speeches
and we know the facts
But the speeches ain't conveying
and the nation is decaying
When our parents bleed
what shall we tell them

The experts are the experts
and we have the best
But the experts serve another
and the nation seems asunder
When investors cringe
what shall we tell them

The clerics are the preachers
and we know the facts
But religion turns pavilion
as vices hit contagion
When ancestors call
what shall we tell them

The braindrain is economic
and we know the facts
But the drain can be sweetgain
once leaders stop their looting
When the UN screams
what shall we tell them

The new world is the New World -
knowledge, culture, nature
And every bit we have lots
begging honest action
When tomorrow does call
let the nation stand tall
For, once we earn the victory
we have lots to tell them!

Count Your Silence

Life causes scant pause
but we must pause
or be paused...
both by a cause, for a cause
and the pulse of our source
The course of life
is thus rife for strife

Then silence...
the elders' sentence
is balm

Hmm. Elders!

Deal and Dealt

Deal a hand
dealt a hand

Strived for orange
were served lemon?
Ha ha ha!
Strife not, oh striver...
Lemonade it
and serve with glee
Ha ha ha!

Dealt a hand
deal a hand

Jubilee Knocks!

Thank God for both big and small mercies! I am writing with great gratitude myself, as with my dear country Nigeria, for resuming my blogs on the eve of our Fiftieth Independence Anniversary. Details will follow on why and how I've been off. But I apologize sincerely.

As I write, there is optimism in the air and in my own heart. If we cannot speak for the past, we can certainly play a worthy part in the plans for the future. These are indeed challenging times, exciting times, momentous times.

Your humble blogger shall do his bit. May God's Plan for country and citizen be fulfilled in Jesus' Name. Amen.

God bless NIGERIA!

Identity Song

Integrity, identity: WE are!

Because we dey, I fit dream
Because we choose, I fit deck
If I look and see sey una
tanda well well
my sister, I go do yanga
If I look and see sey una
dey kampe
my broda, I go dance samba

I am....because...WE are!

By Not Voice

Look into her past
far beyond the fast
Look into her eyes
deep beyond the gaze
See what you see
note what you note
Never dampen her date
never trample her fate

Walk into her night
far beyond the clock
Walk into her rain
deep beyond her drench
Heal what you drill
drain that terrain
Making merry her day

Not by word
Not by wand
Not in straits
Simply win by deeds
and noble creed

Sing into her soul
deep beyond her ears
Sign unto her needs
far beyond her feeds
Give more than take
stake, shake and bake
Many ovens abound
bake, bake, bake

Win by day
Win each day
Day by day...
simply win by deeds
and da noble creed

Blast the past
Bless da fast
Seal the deal
to heal all deeds
Fill da deal
to give real feel
Jointly win her will
and da noble creed

Alight

Come up to the mount of merry
but leave your greed below
Come here and try
Come here to fly
It is my moment and might
Pray climb

Come down to the ocean of merry
but leave your greed on shore
Come here and trawl
Come not to crawl
It is my measure and mine
Pray swim

Come home to my country of merry
but keep ya worry abroad
Come here and crave
Come cool to brave
It is my consent by conscience
Pray sow

Come now to my meaning of merry
But keep ya meanness away
Come here to know
Come sow and own
It is my season and sealing
Pray reap...and
Pray stay

Bard in Cyberland

His time is here
though never lost
His era in full, not elders' error
Selling-in-telling
timing-in-chimes
Modern lines in cybertimes
Hear, hear, hear
His day be here, alas!

Ancient tips by cyberbards
whether smooth or prickly hot
be songs of the times:
Bare, bright
Simple, smart
Bear, bear, bear!

Cyberlinks and megaways
will hold lost souls
Cyberlocks in bardy-words
must save lost ways
At once blowing open mighty myths
and mirths
At once blasting open mystery verses
and poems
At last slamming shut many codes
and odes
Not slinging, not slaying freedom ways
or beasts
Hear, hear, hear!

Cybermatics as culture buffs
and addicts
Cybermedia as nature buffs
and critics
Cybermania as future buffs
and medics...
squaring frontiers of language and lines
of signs and signals
from probes to proverbs
to songs and summons:
Da poet is home
Bear, tear, hear!

Minds and Might

Fetching hilarity, catchy sobriety
grand balls, show festivals
and the culture of restraints
power our locomotives apart
This way for maxis
That lane for minis
Let the traveller rejoice

Bring me the deeply strength
in the seas of open weakness
Holla
Serve me the open soft
from the hills of hidden steeliness
Bravo
Get grand in subtle lights
and flow in gentle shadows
Let the artiste rejoice

Homes of grandeur, meals of splendour
The kids may roam and groan
Trains of treasure, trips to measure
The trick is own-and-learn
Think ye global, act true local
Wide be not all, small be not lost
Content, consent, contentment
Let the buyer rejoice

Strength in value, wealth and valour
Minds must rise anew
Tents of riches, treats in deserts
Might must mellow anew
The beauty of locks in rocks
is as beauty of peace in seas
Holla
Let da measure be choice

Missed Naps

In statecraft
as in aircraft
be alert
or
your last

Missing the naps
make thee the snaps
Mounting snaps
earn the raps

Come votes
or coups
you end in wraps
or
crap

Mess with naps, Dear Hubris
and
sleep in da bliss
of
misfits!

By The Way...

Talking with you
takes its toll
Tangling with you
tells its tales
Whether in biz
or bliss
Whether of buzz
or blitz

There is a twirl
and the twang
There be a swirl
in our swing

Yes...here, there
and bare
As time tills
and stills...

Voices and Tides

You came up before
it wasn't up
I came in to town
you weren't in...
Down went da dream

You went out of zone
to simmer down
You came in to town
I didn't know...
Down stayed da dream

You came up again
just as before
I got out of zone
to settle down
And no one could say
just like before...
So stayed da dream

You zoomed through da zone
just like before
And got fresh a hint
not like before
Is this now the deal
which was before
or still just a dream
just like before...
Which way to dream

We have now a voice
unlike before
But have not a face
just like before...
Oh, what a dream

Is this now da voice
which was to come
Shall we have to wait
still for the face
How long a wait...
Now, what a dream

I hold on to fate
just as to faith
To work me my dream
now that I hear
I still have my fears
just as before
But since wiped my tears
so I'll be free...
Yes, what a dream

Will you stay with fate
just as I do
And pull up your faith
now that we know
Can you walk the talk
da bulk
Will you tame the game
da shame
What be your take
ya stake...
now that we know
not like before
It's still up for grabs
not for the drab
Oh, what a DREAM!

No Limits

Stop the silly game
Why bother with disrupters:
They be prompts
They are pins
They should push
you to spurs

Stop the silly game
Why dither with dictators:
They be flies
They are fiery
They should fire
you to fairs

Stir the sensory game
Why shudder at uptakers:
They be many
They are merry
They should mellow
you to mints

Shun the blame game
Why tarry in low quarters:
They be curious
They cynics
They should critique
you to cakes

Stay the winners' way
Why buddy with them cheaters:
They are loser
They be loonies
They should lumber
you to fly

This Dawn is Drawn

We waited. Have weighed the to and fro
And waited in peace
We waited. And the day be here

By their past we scroll and stroll
In their songs we note and denote
Now they know...
It be not for aye
By heist some come
In haste some become
And the wait be long - mighty long
Was it a dueling fuel
was it a feud
or a feuding few
Pray patience
Deep silence
We waited, alas
It be dawn, at last

The smiling sun kept up the beat
All for votes
All for hearts
The soothing breeze spread round the heat
All in strides
All in souls
We have waited, alas
It's our moment, at last

A dawn can be no better dawn
or drawn
Made by nature
Shades of culture
Cast in statutes and codes
What you trade be grade
What you shed be height
A dawn can be no better drawn
as dawn
For by the vote, this day, posts
and power be drawn, kept
or withdrawn
Yes, we waited, alas
Yes, it's dawn, at last!

Quests and Conquests

If you gun
and be gunned
There is vest for blasts

If you kite
and be caught
There is keel for heights

When you toil
and be soiled
There is sap for stains

When you shame
and be shamed
There is space for face

If you clear
and be cleared
There is height for tests

When you loot
and we hoot
There be no home, alas!

Housefuls

Your eyes are full
and fooled
Yet you dance
Your house is a houseful
of 'fuuls':
Full of fools
who seem full-proof
Full of a full dose
of tomfoolery
Fools with carts
and drunken horses
Real eyeful

Refrain:
I go climb o - I go chop o
You go fall o - We go chop o
I no go gree - You no go win
Fall Fall....gboa!

Your ears are full
and fooled
Yet you prance
Your house is barnful
of 'fuuls':
Full of goons
who dream red-pool
Fools with a full dose
of crackfoolery
Full of gaps
and gory swagger
Real earful

Refrain:
I go climb o - I go chop o
You go fall o - We go chop o
I no go gree - You no go win
Fall Fall...gboa!

As We Wish

It will crack
if we wish...and work
not wail-a-day
It will rack
if we work...and wash
up gem-a-star
This dawn wakes all
from
NINE-moons-before:
Yell, Yell...October-FREE

Sail for fatherland
Hail, as all must stand!

Me and You

Despite the distance`
respect my stance
I am the traveller
who needs a friend
Despite the horror
show me the mirror
I am the hunter
who fears and dares
Despite the money
join me the journey
I am the farmer
whose barns will grow
Despite our honours
remain my humour
I am the music
whose tune is time

So, hurry if you can
tarry if you must
Me....and you
Now, bury most your doubts
measure roundabouts
Me....and you
Sure, query why it costs
marry gains plus cuts
Me....and you

Despite the pleasure
uphold the pressure
I am the timer
who needs to prime
Despite tomorrow
I trust today
You be my treasure
hold me as rights
Despite the mystery
we have sweet mastery
You be my spirit
hold me as torch
Despite the distance
we keep our stance
I am a traveller
you be my home

So, carry da meaning
make it ya bidding
Me....and you
Merry on your day
knowing I will pay
Me....and you
I be merry my way
knowing you will pray
Me....and you

You Can Lead

Let my cry be your try
so you can fly
Let my plight be your fight
so you can bite
Let, and let be

Make your flaw not da law
so you may flow
Make ya shirt not the show
so you may glow
Live, and let be

Find my heart
not my hurt
Find my joy
not for toy
Find
not bind
Love, and let be

Pay, play
and
pray...
so it can be fun
again

Doubt...but... Dare

Damn not their motive
though their action irks
Damn not their reason
though their output stinks
Damn not their deity
though their prayer fails
I reel...but...feel

Doubt if you may
Douse if you must
Dim if you will
But leave them da door
- a weeny bit -
for breath and rethink
Save them da pain
- a teeny bit -
for health and retreat