''Dark Journeys'' by Amosun Babatunde Michael ..


DARK JOURNEYS……………

THICK SO THICK THAT ONE COULD PICK THE SICKLE TO PRICK..THE

WISE WANDERS IN IT,THE VIRGIN STAND IN IT….IT MYOPIZE THE

EYES BUT BLIND THE MYOPIC……..

SINCE BIRTH I A EXPLORE..

TILL DEATH I SOJOURN

I FOOTED

I SAILED AND WAILED….

I TROT AROUND THE GLOBE

WITH TATTERED GARISH MAUKIN

AND BILLION BEAKING

STILL,STILL SEEKING.

INTO THE JUNGLE I HEADED

NY MISSION UNKNOWN

MY CRANIUM BLANK

AND I ASK IF LIVE OR I LEAVE

INTO THE BUNKER I HEADED

MY TASK UNKNOWN

BLANK I REMAINED

AGAIN I ASK IF I FLEE OR KEEP

I DIVED IN THE SEA

I WENT INTO THE DEEP

SCALED SCALES AND FINS

ALL TO GET NOTHING

IT ACHES AND BREAK

BUT FAIL TO BAKE

SO I TAKE THE FATE

THE DATE IS TODAY………………….

                           

As written by Michael Babatunde Amosun(Irekanmi)
Ire as fondly called is a young one with a passion to live.His mantra, did I live,did I love and did i matter which he adopted from a brother,has been his own way of assessing his life every day.....He believes he is one of the few to break barriers regardless of bonds and background.

His journeys in making best of his life prompts him to writing notes which he later developed into poems,articles and travelogues,many of which are still in the print...
 

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