Sophocles Writes

Poems

Reaction.

When it comes to you,
I avoided error due to parallax.
But you weren’t made in a laboratory,
Even the greatest genetics engineer,
Can’t recreate your fingernails in it’s perfection.

Your smile is so hot,
The pH must be 1.
Of the seven billion people on Earth,
There’s only you, just one.

Nothing is perfect, I know.
Even the cleanest water have impurities.
But you, you are pure my darling.
Like adding water to Group 1 metals,
You’re explosive. Extremely radiant.

You and I should happen.
The perfect reaction.
The utmost irreversible reaction.

Tags appreciation, Life, love, non-fiction

Poems

The Purge

The level of ex(pectation) scattered by the previous abuser will only make one make an ex(ample) of the next person.

A victim wouldn’t be alone in the misery!

Tags Horror, love, pain, Phoenix

Poems

Zee.

Atomic bombs destroyed Hiroshima,
The singular intensity of that reaction
Is minute compared to the hours I dedicated
To seeing you smile!

If I’d been holding a plutonium core,
When you flashed that smile my way.
Would have dropped it without thinking.
Good though,
Because that’ll make you the only Queen in Africa.

You’ve been generous with your smile,
And your singular awesomeness,
But what I really want is your love
Your unconditional love.
Then I’ll be a king, an happy king.

Imagine the intensity of our union,
Like plutonium and uranium in sync,
Without cooling apparatuses in sight.
The world can’t contain us.

Tags appreciation, beauty, letter, love

Poems

February 23rd

February 23rd started like any other day,
This happened more than two decades ago
You had no idea what was a birthday
Nor that your existence would boost their ego.
It was, is, and always will be your day!
This is for you, my dear Amigo.

A friend of yours said some things about you
“intelligent, gentle, religious and awesome”
Accurate adjectives? Yes!
But all are understatements.
You are all that. And much more.

I had a dream,
You were in it.
I envisioned a future,
You were there.
As a friend, confidante and tutor!
And much more?

This is coming late,
But it’s better to come late, right?
Than never!

Tags Anniversary, beauty, birthday, love, muslimah

Poems

Beauty in Pink

When I sighted you in pinkBeauty. Perfection. I made a linkDreamt of you I haveIn my free time, I do thinkOf the characteristics you’d have.Of your smile, I’ve heard your voice I’ve heard you laugh But nothing prepared meFor your electrifying smile The glorious orbs of wonders That doubles as your eyes. The way your […]
Beauty in Pink

Poems

A beautiful poem

For half a decade I’ve known you
And not for once do I call you beautiful,
Even though it has always been on my mind
Not until now.
Beauty is only skin deep they say:
We’ve been friends for a while, not today
And I know that your character, attitude and personality
Goes deeper than the visible surface.

Call you an angel, I won’t.
Take this as a joke, you shouldn’t.
An hasty poem this is;
But it runs deeper than the Lagos canal.
I’ve hidden behind the shroud of friendship for long.
Ayoife* and Ayoife that we knew.
All of them came and went, but here we are.

I’m no king nor prince sunshine
But would you be my queen?

* Ayoife literally means “the joy of love”, and it’s an endearment used for a lover.

©Ridwan Akinkunmi Ajagbe

Tags appreciation, beauty, Friends, love, muslimah, Phoenix, Poem, women

Poems

The Love Syndrome (rebooted)

Post author By Ridwan Akinkunmi Ajagbe
Post date Feb 11, 2021
No Comments on The Love Syndrome (rebooted)

I met a girl,
She wasn’t right for me
And she took what’s left of my humanity.
She was to be my queen,
And support me to build my dynasty.
But still, she left me;
In unfathomable misery.
She left me broken, shattered.
Body strong as ever with anger,
But my heart was slowly dying.

Far away from bliss,
And frolicking in the edges of oblivion I was;
Until I met her,
Another girl.
Now I’m alive. Vibrant.
Till this one also pull the plug.

Did I say pull the plug?
Well, there was a spark
But not electrifying. Not enough.

© Ridwan Akinkunmi Ajagbe

Tags belief, Life, love, pain

Poems

Womanizer

Black, white, yellow or brown.
It actually doesn’t matter.
I’m not a racist
But I love women.

I’m a woke man.
I love my women rare.
The more exotic, the merrier.
Yes! I do love women.

Hey pretty girl!
Can I take you to Ibiza?
You know that’s the birthplace of pizza.
I can’t lie to you.

Round, flat, obese or anorexic.
We don’t discriminate here.
Because the things I’ll do to you,
Knows no race.

Tags fiction, player, women

Poems

Mary Jane

I wanted the world to know about you;
To know how special you are.
To understand why you were created.
Beautiful doesn’t begin to describe you.
Companion is an understatement for you.

I wanted to continue,
But I lost my train of thoughts.
I aimed at the sky,
But you left me with the clouds
Floating. Existing in another plane.

You take me away from reality,
Yet the illusion of peace you provide is real.
You bring me tranquility.
Calmness, that no drug can provide.
I think you love me! But do you?

Tags Life, love

Poems

Maryam (repost)

A name that has always been attached to perfection;
A name that has always made me smile;
A name that in itself is beautiful;
Maryam; cool, cool and collected.
Harbinger of smiles, laughter and joy.
If not you, then who?

Our first son could be Isa:
What would that make me?
Certainly the happiest man on earth,
You being by my side breeds confidence.

I want you,
Just you and no other.
Maryam, would you be mine forever?

Tags belief, Life, muslimah, Phoenix