WE ARE ONE! DON’T SAY IT! LIVE IT!

BY....KEHINDE Z. MAROOF As humans beings we are all the same Believe it because it’s more than true As individuals we are uniquely different Like the colors of a rainbow or color hue We all have different goals and dreams That we choose to follow or pursue Facing the challenges and hardships From everyday life that often ensue The love for nature and all of humanity Should always be man’s greatest virtue The sanctity of nature and all human life Should always be man’s greatest value All our different races and our different beliefs Should be all given the maximum respect due All are entitled to be cherished and celebrated They are not justifications for others to subdue The crimes and wrongs committed by our ancestors Should not become a daunting and haunting residue Lessons must be learnt from the mistakes of the past Our reconciliation and forgiveness is long overdue Those filled with hatred or blinded by ignorance Those who stick to close mindedness like glue Infringing on others rights, on peace, love and unity Committing transgressions and don’t have a clue Those who purpose their life to earthly treasures Those who devote themselves to financial revenue Those addicted to pleasures and things materialistic Those who choose the path on Wickedness Avenue Those who preach extremism and radicalization Those who take misinterpreted scriptures as a cue To rally for a political, religious or personal cause Clinging on notions or facts they’ve falsely construe All are a disgrace to God and also to all of mankind All are lost like souls and hell is their destined venue Let’s arise to love and protect all of God’s creation So that for our sake and the sake of future generations Peace, love and liberty will thrive and always continue KEHINDE Z MAROPH is a creative writer who writes from Ilorin Kwara State.

CRY OF 'ABIKU'

CRY OF 'ABIKU' I rise from staggeredness with fluidy sensation flowing down my bosom I race down beneath the six feets, decked in garb of weirdness I manoeuvre round the wordly tripartite: the molten, the celestial, and the terrestial romancing the nights with failed destiny. I wax lyrically in deafening tone, the mantra of yesternight men let come my 'yeye abiye'; I beckon on my straying shadow, as the panicky wind blew down south. The future in my cold feet, a groan away from pleasure my dreams in a dying threshold just a hymn for the deads not the angelic night bangs but for the moment of mirths that rescue the saints from the worldly occults. Behold the forthcoming world I shall bury my vengeance in the hollow abyss, and wrap my days with dose of joy, with mound of ecstasy on my mother's chin, With dance of 'Iyaleta' in the village tabernacle Here comes the mysterious child Abiku! Ali Toyin Abdul is a director at Connecticus Creative Niche (Ilorin). He is an award-winning writer, poet and lover of anything Arts (photography, music and tourism). All rights reserved!

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