africa!! my africa!!! my home..

Africa my Africa – my home,

The abode of valiant men,

The archive of ancient antiquities:

-         the bones of homo sapiens,

-         -the crude tools of early men,

-         The remains of ancient crafts,

I found your totems in caves,

And fossils in mountains,

They call you third world,

Yet, you are the first world:

Man first home,

The slave master,

Through wantom cruelty and cajole,

Your strength and knowledge are sapped,

By the slavery of thy man power,

The relics of ships, chains, shackles and locks,

Speak in recent time,

Of cruelty and inhumanities against thee,

Like a sprouting tree stump,

You cometh to life again!

Spreading your forest canopy across the earth,

For all like birds,

Come to perch and nest,

In your branches and tributaries,

You preserved hidden riches and knowledge,

Attracting and giving birth,

To nations of black and white-

A blend of all races.

©     Peter .A. Onasanya.

kinder notes

WHAT LOVE IS

Love is that which makes us giddy and

soft

When we ought to be frank, angry and

reacts

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To the giddy acts of loved one(s)

Love is when we sigh not

At the untoward acts toward us

Love is forgiving others when they wrong

us

Love is that which makes our brain

seething

Such that when we see an ugly or a

handsome one(s)

We exclaimed: beautiful!!!

One(s) after our hearts

Without considering the real self behind!

Love is not unmasking the veil of a bride

Prior acceptance and appreciation

Love is a perpetual passion and likeness

Love is the hallmark of perpetual

foolishness-

Loving without questions

Love is an emotional feeling

And concern for others as oneself

Are you in love?

Have you ever loved?

Have you ever being loved?

Or do you intend to love?

If yes! Consider yourself foolish

And your lover(s) phony

Argue; perhaps be angry if you can

That is just the truth

Love is perpetual foolishness

And foolishness is madness

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“Lovers and madmen have such seething

brains

Such shaping fantasies

That apprehend more than

Cool reason ever comprehends”

Love loves without reasoning

Love is merely a madness suffer by all

lovers in love.

-©Peter. A. Onasanya

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O, MY LOVE!

O, my love!

If loving you is madness

I don’t want a cure

I want to remain chanined

If loving you is a disease

I don’t want a remedy

If loving you is a sickness and problem

I don’t want a solution either

I want to be ill all years long

If loving you is an ocean

I want to drown in there

If loving you is dying

I want to be interred with you

But, if loving you is being wise

Nay, I want to remain a fool

Otherwise, I might be tempted

To think twice, or consider this and that

So, let your love drown me

Incarcerate me and preserve me in your

heart

For all time to come

Oh! Heaven grant that there is no healing

for love

For my heart pants after you, my love

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Thou golden scarlet lady of no wrinkle or

spot

Sleekly face like a snow

You! Are my love

-©Peter. A. Onasanya

TO BE OR NOT TO BE

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To be famous, influential and rich is good

To be a humble liver and wise is admirable

To be beautiful, kind and nice in character

Is a good virtue for emulation

To be proud, haughty and cruel

Is loathsome and detestable

To be in love is the best virtue

Worthy of emulation

As I o, my love loved thee

To be or not to be, at home

I linger and loiter for you, my lover

To be or not to be, come home

And kiss me! Saying:

To be or not to be

I will always love you.

-©Peter. A. Onasanya

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MY LOVE! MY DOVE!

My love, my dove, my sweetheart

I love you with all my heart

I think ‘bout you all along my way

Someday let me live within the circle

Of your arms round me

So that I may sleep without memories

Loving you is the only thing

That makes life worth living for me

Cos ‘ve love you for long

I love you my heartthrob

If I had love you for a second

I could never love you more

If I had love you for a minute

I could never love you more

If I had love you for an hour

I could never love you more

If I had love you for a day

I could never love you more

If I had love you for a month

I could never love you more

If I had love you for a year

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I could never love you more

But, I had love you for long

And love never dies

I love you for eternity

And there wouldn’t be an end to our love

Loving you is the only thing

That makes life worth living for me

Cos ‘ve love you for long

I love you my heartthrob

My love, my dove

You are all I have

You are a horse, let me mount

You are a mountain, let me climb

You are an almond tree, let me pluck and

eat

You are a river, let me swim

You are a stream in Eden, let me wade

through

You are a well, let me dig

You are honey, let me eat

Baby, feel my candlelight

In your honey reserve

I love you for eternity

Loving you is the only thing

That makes life worth living for me

Cos ‘ve love you for long

I love you my heartthrob

--©Peter. A. Onasanya

JUST YOU AND ME

Think about this,

We’re at the beach, beyond afternoon,

The lights were dimly lit,

And a love blues was blasting from the

background slowly:

I love you with all my heart!

Set me as a seal upon your heart!

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For love is stronger than wine!

And guess what!

We’re lost in each other arms!

Digging! Rolling! And moaning ….ooooooh!

uuuh!

Unch…hhh!!!sssh!!!shhhhhh!

Let the realities be dawn on us,

Just you and me lost in passion heaven,

Beyond the clouds and the stars,

In the pacific milky way,

Sweet love, one day let me live,

In the shadows of your arms encircle around

me,

You up! Me down!

Rolling and smooching,

At our rendezvous on the sandy beach,

In the shadow of the night,

While the moon smiles in admiration,

And stars shout rahkah! Deh! Deh!

O the clouds whisper- I love it! Meow! Meow!

Coo! Coo!

Just you and me always.

© Peter .A. Onasanya.

LOST IN YOU

Smile around the world,

Look at me,

Have a seat,

And gaze at the clock,

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It’s about time,

We make love together,

Why shall we remain dressed? (Again),

We must undress immediately,

So, unbuttoned my shirt,

Pull it off me,

I did the same,

Pull off your blouse,

And set those knobs free,

With your fingers,

Release my stud,

From its prison,

Now, get on the rendezvous,

Oh! I am lost,

Where am I,

“Inside of me “- you say,

Just in a twinkling,

Where are we,

Lost but found ourselves,

In the land of the unknown- the you.

© Peter .A. Onasanya.

ugly beauty

here goes this lady afore of me
walking with gaiety coyly steps that made my head swim
she catwalk afore in my very eyes while i follow closely
oh! beholding her face
what a ugly face attached to a sleek sexy body
yea, some beautiful faces were on ugly body
yet, some ugly body on sexy faces
babe, ugly face or sexy face or not
i love your gayly steps
and will forever loved you....
you have an ugly face or ugly body
babe, i swear you are cute....
what an amazing ugly beauty you got
that made my head swim....for your cunt
for a long long coitus arms in arms...
-peter.A. onasanya

sizzling thoughs

YOUR THOUGHTS!!!

A man is a product of his surrounding

circumstances

Not his actions!

His thoughts influence his acts!

Mostly, he’s a product of his chief

thoughts

Bad thoughts give him the propensity to

evils

Good thoughts put him on the right tracks

Watch your thoughts!!!

You become what you habitually think

about and do

Your intentions are your thoughts

No man should have the intentions

To do what he pleases

Until he intends to do right!

Your thoughts are your life’s moulds!

Your thoughts shape your life!

Your thoughts are your decisions or

indecisions!

Hence, decisions determine destiny!

Your thoughts can determine your

destiny!

So, think your thoughts right

Always and always all the time!!!

-©Peter. A. Onasanya

 

 

 

SACRIFICE

Sacrifice is an opportunity cost

Sacrifice is foregoing your priority and

valuables-

For your goals, aims and visions

Sacrifice sleep, play and time

To achieve life purposes

Sacrifice is when you’re unpleased

To please your neighbour’s wants

Sacrifice is love; and love is a sacrifice

Give a sacrifice

Sacrifice your wills today

-to stop man inhumanity against man

-to instill peace and order in the world

-to make the world a better place

-to live and let live

Please, sacrifice a sacrifice today!!!

-©Peter. A. Onasanya

EDUCATION

Education is a set of instruction

Education is the instructions of the wise

Education is the development of mind and

character

Education is understanding principles

Education is life nutrients

Education is life keys

Education is a keyboard from which life

music bellows

No man can be said to be uneducated

‘cos when he touches fire, he became

informed

Education is information

Education is obeying right instructions

The uneducated are not those devoid of

institutional instructions

Rather those (though schooled) who

refuses

To obey moral and lawful instructions

The real illiterate, ill-informed

Are the law breakers, unpatriotic

And those who embezzled national

treasury

Your education is your life

Education perpetuate throughout a

lifetime

Good is right; education is good and right

Get education! Get rights!

-©Peter. A. Onasanya