AHEAD OF 2015!!!

"Ferry me across the water,

Do, Jonathan, do."

Behold yonder, I am seeing.

The 2020 vision is beckoning me!

"If you've a ballot card in your purse,

I'll ferry you."

"I have a ballot card in my purse,

And, just like you, I am shoeless;

So, ferry me across the water,

To the land of the bliss;

Where there ain’t NEPA failure;

Do, Ijaw shoeless man, do."

"Step into my ferry-boat,

Be you shoeless or not,

But, for the ballot card in your purse

I'll ferry you. Yes, I’ll;

The principality of mammy goddess;

Of the sea of kidnaps and bokoharam;

Of the ocean of corruption and looting;

Of the lake of pirates;

Is all under my dominion!

I’ll ferry you."

==DEOLA

(recast from Christina Rossetti)

MEN NO DIE, MEN NO ROTTEN!!!

This is the Nigerians world:

Suffer, suffer for world;

Enjoy for Heaven;

Christians go dey yab;

"In Spiritum Heavinus";

Muslims go dey call;

"Allahu Akbar";

But, open your eyes;

See everywhere;

Archbishop na miliki;

Pope na enjoyment;

Imam na gbaladun;

Archbishop dey enjoy;

Pope self dey enjoy;

Imam self dey enjoy;

While my people dey;

Suffering and smiling!

Every day, for house;

Every day, for road;

Every day, for bus;

Every day, for work…

==DEOLA

FRO. FELA KUTI: SUFFERING-N-SMILING.

 

FRUIT OF LIFE!!!

 
ENIOLA;

“You kissed me!

 My head drooped low on your breast;

With a feeling of shelter and infinite rest;

While the holy emotions my tongue dared not speak;

Flashed up as in flame, from my heart to my cheek;

Your arms held me fast;

Oh! Your arms were so bold;

Heart beat against heart in their passionate fold;

Your glances seemed drawing my soul through mine eyes;

As the sun draws the mist from the sea to the skies;

Your lips clung to mine till I prayed in my bliss;

They might never unclasp from the rapturous kiss.

You kissed me!

 My heart, my breath and my will;

In delirious joy for a moment stood still.

Life had for me then no temptations, no charms,

No visions of rapture outside of your arms;

And, were I this instant an angel possessed;

Of the peace and the joy that belong to the blest,

I would fling my white robes, unrepiningly, down.

I would tear from my forehead its beautiful crown,

To nestle once more in that haven of rest-

Your lips upon mine, my head on your breast

You kissed me:

My soul in bliss so divine;

Reeled and swooned like a drunkard when foolish with wine.

And I thought it were delicious to die there;

 If death, would but come;

While my lips were yet moist with your breath;

While your arms clasped me round in that blissful embrace;

While your eyes melt in mine;

Could even death ever efface?”

==DEOLA

(From Josephine Hunt)

SMILE NIGERIANS!!!

When your need is greatest;

Be strong!

We are not here to play, to dream, to drift;

We have hard work to do and loads to lift;

Shun not the struggle-face it; it’s God’s gift.

Ride, through the storm;

Ride and pull your own weight:

Shun not the struggle-face it; it’s God’s gift.

Be strong!

Say not, “The days are evil. Who’s to blame?”

And fold the hands and acquiesce-oh, shame!

Stand up, speak out, and bravely, in God’s name.

Be strong!

It matters not how deep entrenched the wrong is;

How hard the battle goes, the day how long;

Faint not-fight on! Tomorrow comes the song;

Keep on moving. Have neither fear nor sorrow;

Ride! Keep on coming through;

God is nearest to you

Be strong!      ============ DEOLA.

(MALTBIE DAVENPORT BABCOCK RECAST)

WHIFF OF LOVE!!!

ENIOLA;

I thought of you like no other thing;

I look to the day you'll clasp me close;

In your warm young arms;

In the cold wind of winter blast;

While the stars shine above us;

And we will live our lives away;

Faraway in Venus!

In the Garden of Eden;

In the joy of a living love;

At the mercy of God!

I thought of you like no other thing;

Every night, I dream of the day;

You'll clasp me close;

In your warm young arms;

In the cold wind of winter blast;

While the stars shine above us;

And we will live our lives away;

Faraway in Venus above the earth!

Floating away in the warmth;

And joy of a living love;

Like it was in Eden;

Between Eve and Adam!

==DEOLA