RAMADAN SERIES

Its shade is leaving us gradually
Like a soldier going to war
Hoping to be back stronger
Yet not sure of Home coming
You have Prayed the Nights and
fasted the days
You have persevered , cried and asked
You have given to the poor and spent in course
Of your Lord
The waiting period is the longest before dawn
Now sit and watch your life change in the
days to come
For THE ONE behind the wheel is never flawed

ODE TO THE CLARION CALL

One year, 365 days so fast
Donning the uniform one last time
One year of bliss, joy, sad times and down moments
The clarion call we obeyed
Nuclear ties we deferrred
Far and wide , we travelled
Beautiful people , Different people
Good, Kind, arrogant and peaceful
The tides of fate brought us together
Beautiful moments we would  forever cherish
So many to be forgotten
Multitude6 bowed to the clutchy hands of death but here we are standing through it all
Stepping out with Grace, Faith and Hope
Our destination is different,but our path crossed
The journey continues, the hustle never stops.
We are not sure of where we would be tomorrow  definitely we know WHO HOLDS Tomorrow
We doff our cap one last time
Let history count us among those who served this nation with pride
To the waiting arms of family we fly into.
BatchAstream1 2016....We passed out with grace

Adeyinka Zaynab Adetoro
For 2016 batch A stream one

LONE TALE

I am that child
I am that girl
That daughter
Your Friend and your Foe
Your muse and Your bane
Your Shield and your sheath
Your Happiness and Sad times
Your apex and your bottom
Your peace and uproar
I yearn for friends, I got them
I wanted love, I was showered
But that Solitude never left
That Feeling of the Unknown
I seek the face of my Rabb
To fill my heart with His love
To guide and strengthen me
To conquer the wars of this world
And till I leave this World
I would always be alone yet in the midst of many........

ODE TO OUR AGED

Ode to the aged
Who have seen many moons and  nights
Sweet innocence of old age
They talk less and sigh heaviliy
Wrinkles replaced lines of laughter
They once danced , now they hardly move
They do not  belong to our juvenile world
where we hugged vices like our second skin
They once laughed now they hardly smile
Counting their days on planet Earth
We complain Of Grandma spilling the Milk
Yelling at Grandpa for not eating
We never know our loss until  the Most high takes them from us
We replaced the time we didnt spend with them with a talk of the town burial
What use is the money to them
Woe is a life not spent with loved ones.
My dear dance to the music while its playing.
The music will stop, You will die
Your Tombstone will be stepped on...
Live while you can
May we all age gracefully...

.................Adeyinka Zaynab

LAST LOVE

Last hug
Last kiss
Last supper
The skies have darkened
Mother Earth is trembling
Gunshots and rebels everywhere
Mother where are thou, Father you promised to lead me always
Sister and Brother fled
I am my own man
This war wont tame  me
Out of the rubbles Ill emerge
Unbent unbowed and Unbroken
With sword and its sheath
Ready to conquer the storm of this cruel world....

But I still miss the warmth of home

PRISONERS TALE

It was in God'd Vineyard
The fan rolled innocently on their long faces
They sat in scattered rows
Men of different race , age and frame
Looking lost with forlorn faces
I searched through their souls
All I saw were broken and dead dreams of a brighter and better future
They know not of tomorrow whose suspense we linger for
They know not of the sweet sound of home, fun and laughter
The jolly memories of yesteryears is now a mystery
Is it  the happiness they forget
Or the misery they choose to clinge to.
Were their destinies cursed
Could this be fate...
When they would be free from this strong walls of captivity
Only THE MOST HIGH KNOWS!

TALES BY TORCHLIGHT

We have slyed the moon and Gone to bed....
We used to walk the nights with the moon....
Time happened.......And we went to sleep without those tales of the ancient...