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Hello, and welcome

To my dedicated readers,
I say hello.
And to my new readers,
I say welcome.
Been a while since I dropped here,
Life has been unfair,
Can’t complain, but that’s why we call it Life.

The romance I always write about has been abolished from my heart.
The pain I write about has suppressed all feelings of hope.
The older we grow, the more difficult it becomes
But we have to move on and continue to struggle
To fight!
To move!
To wake up and keep the cycle going.

Hello You, after every hardship comes ease.

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No labels


This one is for you,
Ebony beauty of proportional proportions,
Your electrocuting smile of a thousand megawatts,
Your face calls to me,
Your smile pulls me to you!

I know we had an agreement,
To put no labels,
But all I want,
When your beautiful shines,
Is to pull you  close,
And never let you go.

How about you give me much more
And see me worship you like a goddess

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Talking Pictures

If pictures could speak,
This one speaks volumes;
Shouting,
Screaming,
Vocalizing your outright beauty.
Or maybe not.

On second thought,
I think the picture is whispering,
Trying to get my attention.
(and it did)
“hush hush hush” whispers the picture
“Oreoluwa is cute” it said
And I couldn’t argue with the sound logic.

Oreoluwa, oh and that’s me lurking.
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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

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Day 2

I woke up with a thought;
And a face;
And a name.

I thought about how cool you are.
Not like, not-warm-enough cool,
But the you-are-awesome cool.

First thing I saw when I woke up
Was your face.
Even though you’re not here, but really you are.

A name.
In all it’s grandeur and promise of blessings.
It could only be yours, Oh daughter of a king.

©Ridwan Akinkunmi Ajagbe

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Happy birthday Sumayah.

Sumayah

To a maiden of the ninth moon,
Classy, beautiful and petite
Cannabis ain’t got nothing on you
Intoxicating to the point of enlightenment
It’s your day, dear Sumayah.

Birthdays come once in a year
But you deserve attention all year long.
An epitome of class
And a striving Muslimah
A woman of many talents.

I wish you the very best;
In this world
And the next.
I pray that Allah bless you
And your family abundantly.

I’d throw you an apple
Like they do in ancient Greece.
But we’re Muslims,
So I’d rather go see your father.

Happy birthday S,
Long life and prosperity.

©Ridwan Akinkunmi Ajagbe

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Happy birthday Lawal.

Good things happen to those who wait they say. You don’t have to wait to witness all the good things, the better things and the best things you deserve. And more.

Ayoola Lawal

Today’s your birthday brother, and I wish you the very best. I pray that Allah grant you all your heart desires and may Allah bless you and your family abundantly. I pray that Allah grant you beneficial knowledge and retentive memory. I pray that Allah Almighty protect you from harm at all times.

Happy birthday to you friend. Long life and prosperity in sound health and strong eeman. Ameen.

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Happy birthday, Maryam.

Tomori “TOMAMA” Maryam

Happy birthday to you momma. Oh, and I love the piece you wrote for me.

To him

Who is always fun to be with
Making you forget the sad times
Even when chatting,
You laugh out like you’re readings joke
It is him, Ridwan.

Giving bits of advice all the time
Trying his best to make things right
Assuring you Allah is in control
Telling you everything will be fine
It is him, Akinkunmi

Never a boring moment with him
Sharing his thought with you
Full of kindness and love
Loving you like no other does
It is the son of Ajagbe

And my prayer for him is:
Allah’s favour, rahmah and sekinah.
I hope you find that person soon
To love you and cherish you also.

Tomori “TOMAMA” Maryam (2020)
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To new beginnings (Happy birthday)

New beginnings don’t necessarily mean the eradication of the old. At least, that is what I think.

Decades ago,
On this same date; August 20.
I was born.
Or so I was told.

I started this last year,
And here we are, still not complete.
I guess like the earth I’m living on
Nothing is constant. Always moving.
Constantly changing.

It’s my birthday,
But no new year, new me crap.
At least, not this year.
There are more important things,
Like what exactly?

Happy new year (.
Happy birthday (August 20) to me.

©Ridwan Akinkunmi Ajagbe

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Àṣàkẹ́ Aramide

It was connection at first sight. This poem is dedicated to a good friend of mine. One of the best baker on the face of earth! I wish you the very best in all of your endeavors Ara.

To Àṣàkẹ́

Tall,lean and proportional
She has a lot of weapons in her arsenal
Her smile,electrocuting
And her beauty is atomic!
Gigantic!
And she has a way of making her smile dramatic!

Her serene personality exudes calm
Or so I was made to believe
What she lacks in smiles
She made up for in beauty
Ebony beauty;the real African queen!
Just a poet saying the obvious!

©Ridwan Akinkunmi Ajagbe

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