Enitan Onikoyi Poems

Dont hurt me if you love me.
Beating and kicking is not signs of love,
Pulling my hairs and head boxing me.
If you hurt the one you love,
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African Leaders, I am sick of you.
You ought to be my shepherd,
And protect all my sheeps.
But you've turned to be a wolf.
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My little girl has come of age.
She is the joy of life to me,
Clever, kind and thoughtful too.
Others she put before herself,
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Bless is your house as you move in,
Bless is your house as you walk around,
Bless is your house as you cook and wash,
Bless is your house as you take a rest,
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The earth is dark, the sun is gone.
Cloudy sky descend on earth
Like a plaque upon our world.
Nothing moves, the world is still,
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We stand aloof and watch their crimes
Taking the lives of leaders to be
Just because they own the guns
And the knives to scare us all,
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You look forward far beyond the horizon; you see how far you have to go; it is good now to double your pace if you can.
When you're climbing the mountain, it is high, rough and stoning, but you have to reach the mountain top.
You cannot give up now, the mountain top is closer than you think.
When it is time to take part in race, the important thing is not wining they say, but to take part in every game.
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Not tonight my Lord, not just yet.
To die a youth, a curse it is.
A wasted journey, a wasted birth.
Will I leave all that I am, and all that I have,
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A year ago, you were a kid.
A lovely kid the world could have
But now, already matured,
Gracious, kind and full of life,
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Up and down the Island of ours,
The boys have come to answer the call.
The Queen and country have summoned them,
To go to war for the nation's sake.
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