Patrick Utitufon Poems

Beware Child
That you fall not amid thorns
Like most Knaves do
I can see through your eyes
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He is like a brother to me
Always near me to guide me
Always with me at all time
In pain, joy or dream
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Has he who enthrones no power to dethrone?
Earthly glory never lasts.Its state
Is inconsistent like seeds sown
And be the watchman, be wise! No power perpetuate
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Of the first man's insipience, Man earthwards fell
Lo, through one Man's valour mankind infallibly rise
From perpetual demolition through the Gates of Hell
Into eternal ecstasy of the promised Paradise.
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Whosoever gaze upon this sullen sage
Of mine: hearken unto my barren voice!
Remember that life's like a voyage
In a sailing vessel anchored to sordid vice
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NO.1
Let this remind you of me
When in yonder gone I be
That once you embraced a man
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If men were infallible
And all our weaknesses unknown
And our nature were predictable
Should you call me your own
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How can I belie of my conscience
Had Love's ambience been of no essence?
Or could my deeds be mistaken
For a paradox of thrift undertaken
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Can I see a child in pain
Restrain myself for want of gain?
Can I see a friend in grief
Not seek for his quick relief?
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When I was a little child
Young in look, young in wits
Passing by a church gate
I often by chance
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