The Sole Friendship for my Soul (Poem)

The colour of your friendship

As fresh as raindrops

I thirst for,

To keep dehydration at bay

Your friendship,

Beautiful as the colours of the rainbow

An umbrella against downpour

Your friendship, all weather it survives

A future secured

Not deterred by climate change

Your friendship,

A repellent to keep mosquitoes at bay

Life given another chance

Death dealt a heavy blow

Your friendship, my sole candidate

For the president of my heart

For the desired change

A love I desire to secure my future

Your love, the heart beat

For my survival

Your love, the air I breathe

To see the light of everyday

True friendship, your love I live

Written and composed by Taiwo, Kehinde Oluwaseyi

I Love Antonyms (Poem)

Antonyms you find in me, Kehinde Taiwo

Get it straight, not twisted, that’s my name

An antonym you always read

We first not to be the last

But the last could be the first

Many are called, few are chosen

Early to rise, late to bed

Fruit of thy labour, thy sow to reap

Once a tenant, now a landlord

Poverty we run from, riches we work to’

Life is hard, cursed in the former

Life is sweet, blessed with the latter

Selflessness, the sky nations fly to

In the spotlight, First world

Selfishness, the ground nations fall on

Into obscurity, Third world

What you love you don’t hate

But what you hate you could love

English exams, a failure to hate Jam’ by JAMB

But antonyms a love, pass’ by English to you

Forward ever, backward never

For better or worse, our hearts locked as one

Joy, we live forever together

Sorrow, separated

White or black, equally created

From one source, God

Racism, a fight with might

To be bright

Freedom of speech, the world preach’

Pitched against tyranny

But God’s wisdom the Bible teaches

To the kingdom,

Reached with freedom

Written and composed by Taiwo, Kehinde Oluwaseyi

Maya Angelou: An Angel uniting the World (Poem)

Maya Angelou, a poetic heroine of the black race

Celebrated all over the world with a loud ovation

Ear drums vibrates to her heartfelt words

From her words, lost hope is found

Inspiration is rejuvenated and defeat dealt a heavy blow

Beyond her death we are spurred to ‘exhume’ the hero in us

Life is short, her words outlives her life

Beyond her generation

To my generation

And generations unborn 

Maya, an Angel uniting the world

With her words, disunity unleashes unity

War, made peace

Good life, a better life

And life, given a meaning

Maya Angelou, rest in peace

Always!

Written and composed by Taiwo, Kehinde Oluwaseyi