Life: 4 Poems
THREE MINUTES
Eyes wide open
Within a twinkle of an eye
It’s past one minute between life and death
Living a good life is easy
Living a life with regrets is simple
Reminiscing my good and bad deeds
It cannot be rolled back in time
Sketching memories of people,
whom I loved and cared for
The good seasons,
salivating the bad times and moments
Tick Tock,
The second minute upon me
Imaginations of life lived,
A fulfilled or thrashed one?
The dreams envisioned,
Do they really turn realities?
My purpose on Earth,
Accomplished or accompanied?
A big question mark sketched in my heart
The heart ceased to beat
The eyes at peace
Harsh realities of life
It’s all over in the whale of time
It’s all over with things in prime
A defining moment in life
Life runs in moment turning hue
A dark reality in bleak
Everyone I loved turning memories
Another celestial chapter upon me
But cheers to those moments, memories and realities
Within three minutes.
DARK KNIGHT
Life,
We live life to the fullest
Enjoying the pleasure and grits
In royals and honour
Life,
We are in it
We emit and breed in it daily
We are the dark knights,
The scornful militant
When we were children,
Rain was a beacon of growth
Age started to stalk our innocence with shadows
Caskets and dreams were flashing the cracks of our youth
Fate has turned the universe to a sewer
It reeks of mourning cloaks
We are afraid the cloaks will consume everyone’s dignity
Hazardous and wild decisions
We take them to the dearest
We don’t all know about life
We all are born in care and love,
some with a silver spoon in their mouths
We never thought life is war
We fight for our survival in it daily
We laugh at daylight
Mourn and reminisce at midnight
We live as dark knights
We fight to live, love and be loved.
YOUNG NIGHT
The night was young,
All fears bewailed the heart
Anxiety and shock all over my face.
I know it’s not easy to lose a precious gift from the highest,
But you must not lose your smile running through these hurdles.
Get to your lane and let the beauty run.
Knowing the pain felt,
I know it’s burning to the heart.
The anxiety, self-rejection and thinking,
But I want you to put a shift to that.
But turn to your innermost desires,
and let go of all the pains and worries you go through.
Make yourself happy and never worry.
FLOWERS TO NEEMAH
Every time you come close,
I want to award you with a rose.
Every touch of yours,
It works like magic.
With you my life,
Has never been tragic.
Never leave my side,
With you, this world is like an easy ride.
I could run into a building filled with flames,
just to get my love for you.
I choose to love you in silence,
In silence, I find no rejection.
I choose to love you from a distance,
distance shields one from pain.
I choose to hold you in my dreams,
For in dreams, you have no end.
Your smile brightens my world
Your feelings getting me insecure
You imbue love in the palms of my heart,
you restore my soul.
I now lie in the green pasture of love,
Neemah!
Okeyele Isaac is a poet, writer and creative content creator. He resides in Nigeria, where he studies Mass Communication at The Polytechnic, Ibadan. He is also a scriptwriter in training at Tafta, Nigeria.
Okeleye is fond of writing poems and any artistic write-up as well as performing in open mic sessions either virtually or physically. Okeleye is a one-time winner of The Virtual Open Mic by Secret Superstars, India. Open to opportunities, Okeyele writes comedy, fiction and non-fiction pieces.
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