January 11 – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: Grafik Another birthdayCloser to graveCounting daysE’en if one’s braveThey won’t escapeAppointment with the wheelerWho’s ultimate dealerIt’s a givenThat human beingsMust goConferencing GodHoweverWheneverI look backInto the pastMy pastThough yet to be pastI praise GodFor His loveThough unmeritedHe still givethAmidst the strifeHe’s making me surviveAnother morningA new journeyI won’t hesitateTo dedicateMy remaining lifetimeTo world peace!…

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Oloogbe! The Dead!! – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: Indian Astrology What are dreams!Amount they to nothing;When we realize;Our labors result to nil! What are dreams!Unfinished songs;Unfinished letters;Unfinished plans;Unfinished conjugation;Unfinished dreams! What are dreams!Ambitions;Marriages just starting off;Relationships just kicking off;Half-eaten meals! What are dreams!Reality;Of an irresponsible nation;Breeding useless leadership! What are dreams!Plans;Which, we do, make;In our innocence!Some say, our stark naivete;But then,…

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Adua! – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: Steam On this land whereWe never earned,Yet, given were weBenefits aplenty! Afore then, despiteNot being right,In coming in, weWere relatively forgiven! Treated were weLike human beings,Given human rightsWithout a fight! Our eleda pray!Our children pray!Our wombs pray!Man and woman pray! This land is blessed!May it be repeated!This land is productive!May it be continued!…

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Learning Right – dedicated to Theresa – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: NBC At their feetWhile being feed-ed! With right,not that White-Influenced history,which is oppositewhat really happenedto our ancestorswhile laboring,slaving out their sweats!Sufferingas slavesafter being sold outby African chiefs,who were influencedby mirrorsand gin andeven cowry shells.We were mis-educated!Mungo ParkDiscoveredRiver NigerYeah!African people wereNot reckoned withMadam TinubuKosokoand moreAllSoldTheir conscienceSelling kith and kinInto slaverySlave masters should be pitiedEven…

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Abiku! – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: Ondo Connect It’s everywhere,Over years,Not only political,Also is physical,Could be emotional,And, also mental,Baba nla philosophy! Like play, like play,Rag has become cloth,We never refused,Tattered clothes to wear! Seen as abomination,In lands that were,Kere si numberShamefully happenNow in Obodo! Scariest of crimesHappen with levity,Tani ma mu mi-We hold power! Housewives raped,Daughters kidnapped,Sons are drugging,Fathers…

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