Stanley Onome Oyibode Poems

Home coming is a thing of joy
But this joy saddens my heart
When Home becomes House
And House turns Morgue
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If
Peace speak our language
And unity tells our strength
Then we wouldn't have built a fence, but rather a bridge
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Suddenly I became calm,
Suddenly my mind flipped
Through the pages of my past
Even in the mid of my endless noise
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Love is old love is new
Love is all, love is you.
Because the world is round
It turns me on.
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Garri the killer of hunger!
The only friend that fight my battles,
You give hope when there is none,
You kill our hunger when we are hungry
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Let me drown in your laughter
Like a sleep in the ocean,
Let me rest in your arms like a snail in its shell.
Let me lay down beside you
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In the shelter of your eyes,
I found LOVE.
In the sound of your voice,
I found SECURITY.
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The world is a mighty prison
Where death is the gate way to freedom.
You cry to announce your arrival
But the world imprisons you.
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Battles of pen and racking of memory
Were the weapon of this victory.

I have made it, we have made it.
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If I must write,
I must deaf my EARS.
If I must write,
I must blind my EYES.
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