Fatoki, Oluwatobi O. Hold Poems
- 1. So Be It.
We played, dined and wined together but today you want to bring me down
Forgetting so quick how you comfortably ate from my pepper and salts
With smile and joy, you licked my oily palms but to my messy hands you bring insults
Certainly, in the anger of Oya, Oshun, Olokun and Yemoja you will surely drown.
... - 2. Pandemic Lockdown
The journey of a thousand miles start with a step in history
From the city of Wuhan has again surfaced a bitter story
Epidemic down to Pandemic, the world now in disarray
Pandemic lockdowns here and there, when again shall we mingle under the evening ray?
... - 3. Life
Life of yesterday we smiled, dined and wined while today we cannot curtail our fight
Was it a thin line that changed the whole scenario?
As the weather changes so does life change in a speed of a flight
Row by row, before living this world, we all are bound to play our role.
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