HASHTAG Govt

Just in case I die out of any Al-shabab sport hunting,

Or any tribal fighting,

Let it be known that there is no Government hashtag SAVING,

They only blind us and keep us SLAVING.

Ulinzi unaanza na wewe,

Wizi inaanza na yeye,

Tujilinde sisi WENYEWE,

Ndo watugandamishe hao MAMWEWE.

I live in fear of tomorrow,

This thought gives me unending sorrow,

My life is someone else’s to ‘BORROW,’

Our wildlife are on the ‘red dragons’ BUREAU.

Najilinda kwa maneno,

Wanitafuna kwa meno,

Ukijitetea kwa NENO,

Ukoloni mambo leo.

#Hashtag #Hashtag

ANGELITA

Her thought touches my heart
like rain drops pat the earth.
I can't help but think about her
like a drunk thinks of the bar.

Every morning, noon and night,
I suffer from a romantic bite.
These feelings I dare not fight
because love is always right.

Her picture pursues my pain
like 'dry season' chases the rain.
I can't get her off my brain;
she's the blood and I am the vein.

Wish these can go beyond my dreams;
her presence will be most- supreme.
Flows of emotions gone extreme;
it surpasses that of a stream.

As everyday drastically dies,
in my heart her image lies.
I pray God will hear my cries
and ease me of my sad sighs.

lanre badmus
2014 november

ROMANTIC RHYMES

Like a myth, I am really old
but like the moon at dawn, I'm not bold.
A picture my mind wishes to hold-
around your bosom I want to fold
amidst a night so cold.

Your beauty is worth more than gold;
a fact that can never be sold.
You are a treasure tale untold-
a status others wish to mold.

Our beautiful bodies, let us cuddle.
At least to an extent let's fondle.
Let me kill that burning candle,
and our intimacy, let's double.

My love for you is arrantly aggressive.
Thus all it takes, I will give
to inspire my lovely love to live
and impose on you a deep relief-
a sacrifice so hard to believe.

lanre badmus
2004

CANT LIVE WITHOUTH YOU

Several seasons, slain
by the torture of time.
Many decades, drowned
in the cold waters of death.
Uncountable days, dried up
by the scorching sight of sorrow
like thirsty plants in the Sahara....
I still think about you like
dusk desperately longs for dawn.
And I still dream about you
like a refugee thinks of home.

Since you strolled out of my life,
happiness has lost her limb
within my humble heart.
Loneliness has lacerated my lungs
and it sternly strives to suffocate me
till death dines on my life.
Thus, as time's heart-beat pounds on
like that of an angry thunder,
I've come to be in terms
with the ferocious fact that
I cant just live without you.

lanre badmus
2008

THE BEST POEM I EVER WROTE

The best poem i ever wrote
was that nice romantic note
in form of a love letter
which i gave to you in my car.

The explicit expression of love
that has insisted not to dissolve.
The free flow of emotions-
genuine love from all indications.

I wasn't purposefully poetic
but poetry was at her peak.
Wise words whisked through lines-
sure you really felt fine.

A message armed with sincerity.
with stanzas blessed with quality.
Take it hook, line and sinker;
i'ts all from your sweet lover.

You have been an unshakable anchor.
A real woman to the core.
All i have remains yours-
I swear by the oath laws.

lanre badmus
2014

MATRIMONIAL DOORS

MATRIMONIAL DOORS


A lingering look into your eyes
as bright as the sunrise
gives me a healthy hope;
thus, with life i can cope.

Your sweet and silent smiles
arrest in perpetuity, my cries.
Your loud and genuine laughter
lives my anguish well- shattered.

Your voice blessed with poise
and starved of every noise,
gives me a kind of sensual feeling;
its more of a romantic healing.

Your gorgeous gestures
give me profound pleasure.
Your long lasting love
is a blessing from above.

What else do I want from life
than for you to become my wife.
Come take what is yours
and shut all matrimonial doors.

lanre badmus
14-5-12