Childhood

  We frolicked, hide and seek before twilight stole our sight The hairy village market was our maze, thick, tall and tangling Over the hill that drowned our houses, we wheeled...

The Uncouth Fling

  You still remember? That noteworthy December When flakes of snow coated our legs Frigid, yet we damned the regs. Stuffed in the unclothed diary An artifact that archived your fiery Our...

Amaka

Look at us. Amaka, just look at us. The rocks are broken; the spring is dying. We no longer care. The way a hen spread her wings around her chickens, that was how I once shielded you from hate....

Nampang

Nampang, she remembered it all, the way a river remembers how to run. A long time ago, say when she was twelve, she joined the chase. When the rooster crowed, it meant two things. One, it was...

Lost

Flame

Light House

To Love or Not to Love

I am a cosmic green That hangs above your sky Chunky tar Bloated to the brim Unavoidable quiescent Spreading warmth to your ice I indulge We live This is how to love -selfless Your desires are...

My Other Love

“It is over between you and me. I can’t take this no more.” It is crunch time. Enough is enough. I maintain a steady gaze. My eyes are red. If that is what they mean by fire in...

Wondering of Thoughts

My thoughts are scattered pieces broken into curves and dots, and spikes too — touchy irritants. They wander in the marble of blue. Sometimes they are pebbles dangling in the dark depth of gloom...

My Childhood Died

The morning dews Have become black tars Spewing holy smoke The trees that danced to the twirl of bliss Have been displaced by rigid towers The songs of the birds Have become distorted songs of...

Lost

The faint lines on my palm Whirl in the slow dance of the moon “Shhhhhrrrrrrrr” I was going to become a man Dark was going to turn grey Life was to be yellow lit But mists encroached...