The Only Name I Have…..(The Story So Far) Qa Poem by Livinus weeping poet Okechukwu

MY NAME IS OKEY LIVINUS,
AND THAT IS THE ONLY NAME I HAVE,
I WAS BORN IN A POOR TOWN OF THE EAST COAST,
MANY MILES AWAY ACROSS THE RIVERS OF NIGER,
*EKWULOBIA* HAVE BEEN THE ONLY HOME I KNOW,
DEEP INSIDE THE WHITE MOUNTAINS AND COLD STONES,
A SMALL BEAUTIFUL TOWN IT IS,
ORDERED, PEACEFUL, THOUGH TO SOME….. NOT CIVILISED.

MY NAME IS OKEY LIVINUS,
AND MY LIFE HAS NOT REALLY BEEN INNOCENT,
I HAVE DISAPPOINTED SOMEONE AND I HAVE BEEN DISAPPOINTED TOO,
I HAVE BETRAYED SOMEONE AND I HAVE BEEN BETRAYED TOO,
I HAVE BROKEN A HEART AND MINE HAVE BEEN BROKEN TOO,
I HAVE STEPPED ON A TOE AND MINE HAVE NOT REALY BEEN SPEARED.

MY NAME IS OKEY LIVINUS,
AND MY LIFE HAS NOT REALLY BEEN INNOCENT,
I DON’T PLEAD GUILTY TO CRIMES I KNOW I DID COMMIT,
I DON’T EXPECT TO BE GIVEN MORE THAN I CAN GIVE,
I DON’T EQUALLY TAKE MORE THAN I CAN GIVE,
I ALWAYS BALANCE SCALE IN THIS CIRCLE OF LIFE.

MY NAME IS OKEY LIVINUS,
AND MY LIFE HAS NOT REALLY BEEN INNOCENT,
I DO NOT SEE MYSELF A SAINT,
THOUGH I TRY TO LIVE A GOOD LIFE,
I DO NOT SEE MYSELF SPECIAL,
THOUGH I CARRY MYSELF WITH ALL ESTEEM,
I DO NOT EXPECT TO BE GIVEN KINGLY TREAT ALWAYS,
THOUGH I THINK I WORTH IT.







MY NAME IS OKEY LIVINUS,
AND MY LIFE HAS NOT REALLY BEEN INNOCENT,
I HAVE DONE ALL I COULD TO SURVIVE,
LIFE TO ME IS NOT BED OF SCENTED ROSES,
I HAVE WALKED THROUGH THE CREST OF WAVES,
AND THE BABBLING OF BREEZE,
I HAVE DRANK FROM SPRING OF ILL FORTUNE,
AND OF GLORY,
I HAVE SUFFERED FROM THE CRUEL WHIPS OF THE gods,
AND FROM THE BASE MEN WHO POSITION THEMSELVES AS MASTERS
BUT HERE I STAND STILL.

MY NAME IS OKEY LIVINUS,
AND THAT IS THE ONLY NAME I HAVE,
MY LIFE IS WAR AND WE ALL KNOW THAT WAR NEVER ENDS……