Olumide Omoyele Poems

I am a God
Ordained at the
earliest point in time
The blood of ancient dynasties
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A towering inferno.
Alternating between rational
Thought and audacious imagination
A bird, with unclipped wings. A
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[For Ye 'Beji]


Like the fabled
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Brother, Dear Brother,
Incredible violence.
Reign of fire.
Starvation.
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What to do with this labyrinth
Of countless tongues? Children of
His Holiness, Chief Lord Lugard
Adherents of absent Gods
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war is coming
the drums are rolling
human endeavours come to nothing
nukes do a dance of the forests
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Do I hear
the screams
of an unborn child?
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Intoxication.
Manipulation.
Compulsion.
The ability to compel…to have
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What to do when the night
speaks your name?
the echoes… O the echoes
they can be heard through the ages
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Three children play at dawn
budding engineers of sandcastles
a large roar, deafening...
Best-laid plans and aspirations
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