A town of cursèd individuals,
Nestled 'midst towering mountains.
In this valley stood a sorcerer,
Bearing a bear-like visage.
...
Idà n b'àkọ jẹ́ -
Yet revel in the aftermath.
Then come that day,
When it lay bare in the cold,
...
I puffed until my lungs itched.
Sixteen sticks of the unholy sin,
Chewed every bit like my last.
My rods were not seen by me,
...
...nd so, In this limerick, we mourn a bass player's fate,
A life barely known, now sealed by death's gate.
From darkness to light
We'll trace his might,
...
...nd so, In this limerick, we mourn a bass player's fate,
At an all white funeral, an old bass player, his fate,
Thrived on words spoken by soothsayers, great.
...
...nd so, In this limerick, we mourn a bass player's fate,
At his last call, an old bass player's wake,
Whose love life had a woeful ache.
...
1.
Buried deep in own thoughts.
Hath there other worlds away from mine,
Dost they know that which I was taught,
...
This two lines tells how much the past of a now dejected old man is influencing his present
I've been gazed on by the seven sky
Where beneath the heavens shall my shame hide.
...
Two lover,
With passions of eternal torment,
Longings of solitude in moment.
One to another,
...
On a branch he perched,
A quiet observer,
Soon he dozed off,
Into the unknown he ventured.
...
Beneath the moon's soft glow, we stand so near,
The waves embrace us - whispering our names,
Your hands in mine, the world fade, crystal clear,
In ocean's depths our love ignites it's flames -
...
...nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.'
My voice sank deeper than my tongue,
...
I stood by the water bank,
The vast earth before my eyes,
I sensed the massive flat earth,
They looked to me likewise.
...
The Queen.
Her crown heavy, her heart a stone,
She played the part, yet stood alone.
A pawn or player, who exactly could tell.
...
The King.
Fell into slumber,
The ceremonial staff missing,
His words no longer soothe like before,
...
My eyes shut in silent ode
I sing and chew it, then I hum.
So it goes;
There was a queen so sound
...
Find me one -
A girl so flawed,
Her eyes dashed in sunlight,
Not soft, but burning,
...
From dust was I first shaped,
Then set upon the scaffold high.
Had I but glimpsed this life in strife,
Would I not know thy labored sigh?
...
I know of a band from long before,
They sang heretics in verses,
Roaming the land as their forebears,
They sang, they cursed, they cried.
...
Egbeji
A town of cursèd individuals,
Nestled 'midst towering mountains.
In this valley stood a sorcerer,
Bearing a bear-like visage.
In each heart, his terror reigned.
Ẹgbẹjí's words, how colossal!
With a mere stump, he shook the land.
Judgement swift, his passing sentence -
Even mighty kings did cower,
Brought low to common station.
Who would dare to stand before him,
Unafraid of his dark magic?
None but those of feeble reason.
One day, his breath shall be seized,
Not by the reaper's scythe, but by
Means more fitting for a sorcerer.
Ẹgbẹjí's head shall hang that day,
All may see, learn, and take heed.
'He who strikes with sword, ' his words,
'Shall by sword's mention cower in fear.'
So Ẹgbẹjí met his ending.
Or did he? A sorcerer still.
Had it come to mind, that the anticipation of life and awareness of existence holds within itself the certainty of an eventual cessation
'Behind the silk gown, an anvil hid. Wham! ! The rest was history.'
'...So barren holy Màríà, Land so barren...'
'...men like us are wrought with flaw, No hand unmarred, no soul complete.'