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One Magic Moment by Ovie Olori D-ShakespareanDude

9/21/2009

We once danced around the evening fire
Riveted on each other in circles of merriment
Where in the fictive world i dwell
To kiss your cherubic lips at twilight fall
There your pervading presence sets ablaze
The faint glow of a dying flame
Found in the chambers of my heart
And in the reality of my thoughts
A feeling of joy ripples through my soul
Making every fibre of my being desire of you
And sweet memories are etched on my mind
At once, my reason for existence is awakened
The darker days i see ahead are bright
And behold! The joy to love and be loved is alive
Held back tears fall slowly to the ground
And my emotions subtly rise
After aeons of ages past
Bliss awaits me in a chariots ride
Yet you and you i most adore
For you are one & one of no other
I do not crave any further
To hold your hands is my longing wish
That we may see the northern lights
While looking at the clear blue sky...

Its Close To Midnight by Ovie Olori D-ShakespareanDude

8/9/2009

Gently she was lulled into sleep
After the somnolent coo in her ears
And on my chest, she slumbered softly
By the soothing sweet serenade
Amidst a flower scented ambience
It was a starry lit october night
With feelings of pure passion
Cast down upon her radiant face
And twinkling in her emerald green eyes
Was long lasting love
With the truth veiled in mystery
But i was enamoured and spellbound held
And she i idolized greatly
My velvety voice virtually faded
Slightly guttural as i sang
Though tinged with a mild impressive bass
Towards the window i quietly sauntered
A sudden gust of air blows- Vortex like
From the beautiful scenery of verdant meadows
Leaves were flung high and low
And lavender flowers were wind swept
With a rustling sound of joy
The impatient clock ticked willy-nilly
Alas! It was the midnight awaited...

If You Were My Girlfriend by Ovie Olori D-ShakespareanDude

8/24/2010

If you were my girlfriend
I would by my wealth of words
Literally redefine
An unknown conception of love
With a simple interpretation
That holds a truer meaning
If you were my girlfriend
I would relive a sweeter imagination
Of me & you
Arrayed in the finest royal regalia
As King & Queen
In another realm of existence
If you were my girlfriend
I would draw with effortless artistry
And paint priceless potraits of you
With the idea
Of making every mouth exclaim
In awe & ever increasing amazement
If you were my girlfriend
I would tower above my rivals
With a triumphant spirit
And modestly watch people
Lift high daily but cheerfully
The decorated banners of my golden success
If you were my girlfriend
I would start all over again
Just to attempt the seemingly impossible
Having realised
You have fallen every pillar of doubt
Yet choose to be,
The special one i call my own

Those Who See Tomorrow by Ovie Olori D-ShakespareanDude

7/1/2009

Into the clouded future i looked
Seen is a puzzling picture
A question mark like mystery
Hovering unsolved
At once my fate divides; never apart
Knowing vicissitude is real
Come nights after nights
Only sacred vigils i kept
Consulting and Comparing
The emerging picture with the present
But i prayed, yes i did
I even spoke in tongues
Like the seventh day church goers
And seen were the days ahead
As claimed
By the visions of self-righteous men
Us- you and i
Without a footprint of doubt
If truly can moments be foretold,
Who knows what becomes of me?

Procrastination by Ovie Olori D-ShakespareanDude

6/22/2009

I will, i will
The minute is past
Would have- but still
Nothing done at last

I shall, i shall
The hour is gone
Enough time- Too small
Goes on and on

Land of the midnight sun by Ovie Olori D-ShakespareanDude

6/19/2009

At midnight has the sun risen
In obedience to an unknown command
Strangely it up ascends
Against the ominous dark sky
In the brightness of its strength
Perhaps! A cessation of normality
And unto the wilderness was light
In a coyly manner, secrets unfold
Unhurriedly
Accompanied by an ephemeral cloudburst
The trespasser sun is subdued
Smoke particles move up sinuously
Revealed is nothing
I sigh
Back to bed; curious still
Deep in my slumber was heard
"Sinister it is"
At my listening door were they
Who?-The crowd of onlookers
Prattling at such an ungodly hour
"Sinister it is"
I sigh again
But wonders they say shall never end.

Two become one by Ovie Olori D-ShakespareanDude

6/12/2009

I once saw a girl
a priceless beautiful gem was she
glittering and sparkling
with face far beyond perfection
sculpted by heavens finest craftsmen
in lustful gaze, i looked
my mouth confessing of pulchritude
for from her eyes cascaded bliss
a steady flow
suffice to drown me
in the soliloquy of my own imaginations
now serene
branches swayed in the wind
whispering amongst themselves
two become one, two become one
her hair unfurls
eyes flutter with feline grace
entraced was i
up i walked and hands were held
Oh! United we are
would you come with me?
Said sweet, soft and slow
Sure i will
only if you take the lead

Two become one by Ovie Olori D-ShakespareanDude

6/12/2009

I once saw a girl
a priceless beautiful gem was she
glittering and sparkling
with face far beyond perfection
sculpted by heavens finest craftsmen
in lustful gaze, i looked
my mouth confessing of pulchritude
for from her eyes cascaded bliss
a steady flow
suffice to drown me
in the soliloquy of my own imaginations
now serene
branches swayed in the wind
whispering amongst themselves
two become one, two become one
her hair unfurls
eyes flutter with feline grace
entranced was i
up i walked and hands were held
Oh! United we are
would you come with me?
Said sweet, soft and slow
Sure i will
only if you take the lead

My classical composition by Ovie Olori D-ShakespareanDude

6/10/2009

Let me live by challenges; not before trials
Let me struggle to achieve;strive not to attain
Let me be confident; other than complacent
Let me seek enlightenment; awareness often
And crave for wisdom rather than knowledge
Let me fulfil my dreams
Define a purpose ever
Realize my visions
Hence give life a meaning
Let me do away the with affairs of men
And mistake never
Ego for vanity
Nor a mans idea for his sentiments
And as yet
Pride myself not on worldly things
But humble myself before mortal beings.

On my death bed (1) by Ovie Olori D-ShakespareanDude

5/28/2009

I have finally come of age
Where in misery i had walked
Through the desolate path i chose
That which verily leads to home
The labyrinth of life itself was it
Which of all i painfully trudged
At me were stones and insults thrown
By boisterous lads who lastly laughed
Upon my head did curses rain
Like arrows shot from near afar
My calloused skin did sorrow pierce
Still yet i went with shoulders high
Of heavy stones was pregnant long - I?
Miscarriage of burden impossible thus
In mournful existence i sorely doubt
If ever God mirrored a life well spent

On my death bed by Ovie Olori D-ShakespareanDude

5/28/2009

They are gone and here again by Ovie Olori D-ShakespareanDude

5/27/2009

The tears have ceased to pour
Leaving the babbling mouths unfed
And the pregnant clouds are gathered
In buoyancy Iike an assembly
Who in revolt have subtly risen
To the heights we barely reached
In silence has decades wafted by
Now centuries past and struggle must
Travails of misery are homewards bound
Like a parasitic stranger of aroma calls
Stealthily creeping into doors ajar
To scoop empty our cooking pots
At feasts murmurs our spiteful tongues
We muse and know not who to blame
Under our roofs you slumber still
Dwelling in our land amidst

The last words of a tyrant by Ovie Olori D-ShakespareanDude

5/26/2009

With imploring voice i fearfully plead
On my flesh should vultures feast
Let the farmished scavengers ravage
Pecking In an insistent manner
Ravenously, rapaciously, rapidly
Yes! My skin badly lacerated
Wounded and torn by greedy beaks
In bits and shreds my common be
Upon the hour of transition come
The hour i ingloriously die
Set ablaze my earthly whole
Like the rejected burnt offering
Till of nothing but ash remains
And at the quench of the flame
A shroud quickly laid over
So mouths, held wide agape
Like witnesses of a ghastly accident
Shush!
Joyously spit and mock past by
Gossip to your meddlesome neighbours
For from the ashes i rose
And of ashes i return

Lost in the dark by Ovie Olori D-ShakespareanDude

5/25/2009

In clear wakefulness
I saw a ghostly apparition
Cloaked in black apparel
Siihouetted against a wall
A pure white wall with blood
Smeared and spilled all over
Dripping down in torrents
My bleeding hand shudders
Petrified out of my ribcage
My heartbeat ceases slowly
Like a chugging train
Finally coming to a halt
My dilated eyes shutters
Pops open with protuberance
Springing out of its firm sockets
Then a sombre moon eclipses
Partial darkness occurs
Candles lits themselves concurrently
Scribbled hand writings seen,
Meaningless scrawls
It diminishes in tranquility
Picture frames dangle on the wall
Swinging involuntarily
Like a pendulum set in motion
Shoes walk and pestles pound; at will
Unfathomable as though it is
I'm startled into life again
From a fragile cocoon of fright
My teeth glides, grinds, gnashes
In ridiculous amounts, i gulp saliva
I'm found jerking convulsively

Lost in the dark by Ovie Olori D-ShakespareanDude

5/25/2009

echoes of war times by Ovie Olori D-ShakespareanDude

5/25/2009

To and fro
Men in khaki, boots and suits of armour
Running helter-skelter
Like a herd of stampeding buffalos
With vengeance
Heavy artillery is mounted
A barrage of bullets ricochets
Incessantly
at ineffable velocity
Slithers across dented surfaces
Marked, made hollow
By dangerous cannon strikes
Immediately into the saturated sky
A ballistic missile is launched
Reverses in motion
as programmed in direction
Towards the enemy lines
Explosion takes place
Mortar shell blown out of proportion
A ceaseless consuming conflagaration spreads
Quickly, vastly and virulently
Like an epidemic of rumour
Charring
Burning black beyond recognition
The valiant behind the front line
Highly unlikely as speculated
The chances of survival drops
Insistently and lamentably low
Tick tick tick
Repeatedly warning
life span seemingly short
Again,
in the click of a second
land mine triggers
in succession
Boom boom boom
Victim swept, suspended, somersaulted
dead
Smoke billows up in thick masses
With an effusion of pungent choky smell
Survivors coughing persistently
Visibility is at once reduced
The physically deformed, damaged, disabled
Handicapped by the very evil of science
Suddenly engulfed by tragedy
Trembling trepidating terrified soldiers
With a glint of excruciating pain
In their terror filled eyes
Creeping, crawling carefully
with blurry vision
Slowly but steadily to safety
Though shelter and refuge denied
Like an helpless endangered homo sapien
Still on the verge of extinction

A nightmare at dawn by Ovie Olori D-ShakespareanDude

5/24/2009

One after the other
The bivouacs scattered
Exploding into smithereens
In bits like microscopic particles
They groped; sightless are many
Collision occurs
People falling uncontrollably
i stagger steps backwards
Firmly gripping
My turned, twitched, twisted neck
Throttling myself; suicide driven
Like a victim of strangulation
My lungs and throat constricted
Tongues protrude out
Like a dead cattle
At the slaughter house
bones bent broken
unable to escape
Gunfire continues spasmodically
A fussilade of bullets
Blasts like shooting meteorites
At intervals
Dynamite explodes in mid air
Along a defined trajectory
like fireworks on christmas eve
In sequences,
Ignited bombs flickers, fuse flared up
Blows with a thunderous sound
At timed devices bidding
Seismic waves sent across
Making the ground bifurcates
contoured and roughly slopped
By inward opposite pulls
Under the helicopter spotlight
Luminous and searching saccadically
Like a farmished hunter looking for game
Any form of life; breathing
I regain consciousness
My eyes contract with spasm
Awake from my false slumber
It was indeed a bright morning

Echoes of war times by Ovie Olori D-ShakespareanDude

5/23/2009

Death at a contest (edited) by Ovie Olori D-ShakespareanDude

5/23/2009

The rising chorus of natives shouting aloud
in deafening crescendo
Thumping their chest
between death and defeat
Around naked fires
To an incitement
brimming with rage
In high spirit of rivalry
The crowd slowly stands still
Hushed in still motion
Awaiting the cue
A gyrating sound
Of erratic drumming begins
with syncopated rhythym
the silently sitted savages signalled
chants with guttural voices
in arcane languages
traditional tunes transcend
from local flutes
and metallic gongs with sonorous sound
Wild coteries scream
overwhelmed in euphoria, extreme excitement
Blood spurts, spills, splatters out rapidly
Over an unsightly scene
Songs of pyrrhic victory percolates
Fastly floods, flushes fear freely
Like hungrily hurrying hurricane
A mighty fall in turn
Enshrouds every ever present
Knowing not who bleeding heavily

Journey of a black slave by Ovie Olori D-ShakespareanDude

5/22/2009

After the death of children at dawn
Mothers bewailed in tears
Deeply bereaved; plunged into grief
To trek, trudge, travel
Endless miles on a desolate road
Along a moon lit path
Like a strengthless war soldier
Half dead with weak whopping pulse
Exhausted out of life
By monstrous metallic manacles
Heavily scarred by torture
From whispering wood like rope
Under the severe scorching sun
In the fields, fiercely flogged
Badly bruised and battered
Beaten blue black
As fated to happen
Anguish, agony and acrimony
Is protracted
Lasting longer like centuries
Dark centuries of bitterness and oppresion
Where melancholy blooms
Sprouts up
Like a mysterious mighty mustard
Fastly grown
From its tender roots of hatred
Widespread
Across the found forgotten few
In dismay, dejection, discontentment
A feeling fervently felt
Amidst them
The servile, subservient, subjugated race
But to white europe
Sailing across still waters in human cargo
Let God wash her of all impunity
Of her cruel misdeeds
And tell its own children
Stories of the unspeakable horrors unheard