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Like a spear thrust through a balloon,
You busted my heart,
Like a man seated on a blazing furnace,
You punished my soul,
...

Listen to the words rolling out of my mouth like thunder,
Just pause a moment,
And give a thought to the thoughts,
Oozing out of my mind like fire.
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With the wind that blew me to the North,
Also blown a maiden from the East,
On whom mine eyes more than twice could set not.
But twice her striking beauty my eyes made swell as yeast.
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Yonder sits the tree of valour,
Whose head was once covered with golden crown.
A mighty and deadly allergy to failure,
Whom skin was beautifully brown.
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Bring the cymbals, bring the sticks.
Raise the acuba, set the konga.
My talking drum hangs in my grandfather's room,
Wake up the old man and oil his wrinkled palms.
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You see our tears flowing endlessly,
And hear our hearts crying recklessly.
To the gallows we march with songs.
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Day unto day, the loudspeaker bare its sound,
Sow the seed of faith and the seed of blessing.
Empty trays passing from hand to hand all round,
Ending its acceleration with the man in lavish dressing.
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Take not the sound of our wailing for sorrow.
Know that our tears are not of sadness.
If possible, more voices we will borrow,
So the lyrics of our songs will not be taken for madness.
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This must stop,
The night must be still,
The land request for water not blood,
The rain must be drinkable,
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The cry of the child rented the air,
Its heart shattering melody aimed,
A deadly blow to the silence of the corridor,
The stillness of the premise could not
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I saw the cloud in the sky,
Hovering there for years like shadow,
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We saw when the clouds gathered o'erhead,
We heard when the thunder clapped,
We felt the wind when it blew,
Our roofs shook when the trees fell.
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But the wind of calmness will blow,
In your land there will be echoes of peace,
And your river of peace again with might will flow.
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AND THERE WAS SILENCE

When the teary stars lit up the heavens,
To behold the face of the weeping moon,
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In moments like this,
When sorrow flees,
When darkness fades,
When my tribulations are washed away,
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Bring a bowl of water and a piece of towel,
To wash away the powder so as to reveal the sweat,
Under the layers of makeup and gloss.
Get a wet handkerchief to wipe out the mascara,
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Èjìrẹ́ Ọ̀kín,
The native of Ìsokùn.
Kùtùkùtù the early morning priest,
Kanrínkanrín the bright afternoon priest,
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Gather round all you who are manly enough,
And I will take you along on a journey.
A journey to a town where men are real men,
And your manliness will be put to a stern test.
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Fiery sun over the wilderness like inferno,
Lying not between Elim and Sinai but deep in the heart of Africa.
Years after the rain of manna from the heaven,
In a land far away from Massah and Meribah of Moses.
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If God gave me a chance
To chose only one thing
That would be granted to me instantly,
I would chose you!
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The Forgiver (For Archbishop Desmond Mpilo Tutu)

Like a spear thrust through a balloon,
You busted my heart,
Like a man seated on a blazing furnace,
You punished my soul,
Yet you want to walk away unforgiven!

How could I ever let you?
If you walked away without my forgiveness,
How could I ever be healed of my pains and sufferings,
That torment my soul during the day and haunt my dreams in the night?
These ghosts that keep me imprisoned in the hell of myself.

If I do not offer you forgiveness like a stranger is offered Palm wine,
An altruistic forgiveness deep from heart and with no strings attached,
How then do I conquer the acid eating my heart away every time I remember you?
Oh come closer and feel the warmth of my embrace and the softness of my lips!
Come let me show you that I no longer bear any fleck of grudge against you!

Yes you offered me a juice of angostura as breakfast,
For lunch you gave me a hundred strokes of thorn canes,
In the night you turned my body to a sordid unworthy gutter,
Where you dump your evil smelling milky water oozing out of your half withered pipe,
Alongside a brutal animal viciousness that burned through my entire body!

But you will never walk away without my forgiveness!
I will open my heart and amidst all the scabs find a little spot,
From which no puss pour like a broken boil,
And on this spot I will forge your forgiveness from the roots of my heart,
Oh do come nearer and let me lay my hand on you in blessing.

Come! Here is redemption for you, take it for your sake and be renewed!
Come! Here is forgiveness for you, take it for my sake and let me live again!
You are forgiven! For deep from my heart I forgive you!
Come let us raise a cup for a new lease of life!
For your sake, for my sake, for the sake of the peace of all, I forgive you!

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