tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49472579285717867572024-02-07T11:50:44.357-08:00Emeka Okerekethis is where I share with you in-depth reflections about myself. Sometimes it could also be about you.Emeka Okerekehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14064184833420349709noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4947257928571786757.post-59495307272668932842011-03-04T19:44:00.000-08:002011-03-04T19:49:29.101-08:00Droplets on a Journey<p>It is raining<br />I can see droplets on my window panes<br />As they form<br />Like a Foetus<br />Many of them</p><p> </p><p>At first slowly, they grope for their way<br />Like toddlers<br />Struggling and clashing with each other<br />Like war</p><p> </p><p>Their pace quicken as they become distinct<br />Like adults<br />Their pace quicken even more<br />Every drop on its own path<br />On a journey downwards<br />At the mercy of Gravity</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Some are fast<br />Some are faster<br />Some are slow<br /></p><p>My eyes follow<br />As they leave countless traces on the smooth transparent surface of the window panes<br />Like tears</p><p> </p><p>I watch as they disappear<br />Merging with a mass of other droplets<br />Where they continue their journey beyond my eyes</p><p> </p><p>Like death.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em><br /></em></p><p><em>© Emeka Okereke, The Hague 26th Feb., 2011.</em></p><p> </p><p><em>Dedicated to Goddy Leye, the Camerounian artist who died on the 19th of February 2011.</em></p>Emeka Okerekehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14064184833420349709noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4947257928571786757.post-1339975663129668742011-02-24T01:29:00.000-08:002011-02-24T01:37:38.925-08:00Home Coming<p>I am looking for a story to take home<br />One which speaks of my escapades in a whole<br />Light enough to fit into a gift box</p><p> </p><p> I am looking for a story to take home<br />To you my friend<br />Whose home has become a living hell<br />Replaced by the fantasies of overseas</p><p> </p><p>You wonder<br />What could be yonder?<br />How much do you ponder<br />If you’ll go under?</p><p> </p><p>Drowning<br />The Sea is cold in this part of the world<br />And fences awaits your welcome<br />If you are not fished out by dawn</p><p> </p><p> I am here to tell you a story<br />Far from home<br />Far from what you have been told:<br />Movies are fictions<br />Television only a fool’s vision<br />Up here, we are slaves shackled by our inventions<br />Confused by the sight of our shadows<br />As our towers tower above us – suppressing, suffocating<br />We are not blind, our visions are just blurred<br />We can see the end of the world<br />We are saving up for it<br />By the blood of the many whom we oblige to die our deaths for us<br />Shed our tears for us</p><p> </p><p> Let no bling blind you<br />You are <em>who</em> you are<br />Not <em>where </em>you are<br />Breathe life into your bones<br />Bath in nature’s endless showers<br />And you will see it working for you from your doorstep<br />Be alive at all mornings<br />And the night will not leave you lonely<br />The ladder is a rung at a time<br />It will be wrong to assume it’s all rosy<br />When in fact you are the Rose</p><p> </p><p>I have journeyed a long distance with this<br />Here, it is for you<br />And there, on the side of the box it says:<br />“To you my beloved friend, a little souvenir, far away from home”</p><p> </p><p><em><br /></em></p><p><em>© Emeka Okereke, The Hague, 21 Feb. 2011</em></p><p> </p>Emeka Okerekehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14064184833420349709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4947257928571786757.post-79488344548715793392011-01-28T09:40:00.000-08:002011-01-28T09:45:14.247-08:00A Warning SignBe careful what you do<br />You might end up a fool<br />A tool of mehem<br />We live in a world where there is no absence of sorrow<br />No time to borrow<br />But in love we must follow<br />If we must live through tomorrow<br /><br />Kill the greed in you<br />That true wealth may ressurect from that death<br />Make hay while the sun shines<br />For soon it will be night<br />There is no day like the other<br /><br />Life is a 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often are we blessed by its embrace<br />Cold air enveloping...soothing<br />Ushering us to the first light of the day<br />A process gradual and patient<br />Now I stand in its midst<br />Savouring the voices of the early creatures<br />Soon it will be sun<br />And those humans will be up again<br />To kick me out of my morning dream.<br /><br /><br />©Emeka Okereke. Lagos, 09/01/2011Emeka Okerekehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14064184833420349709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4947257928571786757.post-88469492700158338382011-01-07T20:48:00.000-08:002011-01-07T21:03:52.666-08:00Mind your Own MindMind
<br />Feed the mind
<br />Nourish it
<br />But do not worship it
<br />It's a masterpiece, but could easily become your master
<br />
<br />A gift never like any other
<br />Very dirty with imaginations void of borders
<br />One part of it dreams, while the other day-dreams
<br />both lie in wake for each other
<br />Even in your sleep
<br />
<br />Never let it sleep nor stop
<br />Movement is to the mind as it is to the wind
<br />It could be fresh air or hurricane
<br />Whichever, there is a force!
<br />Armed with a creative will
<br />To make the invisible Invincible
<br />
<br />Follow the train of your thoughts
<br />As long as you are in it
<br />Endeavour to be the captain on the wheels
<br />
<br />Mind your own Mind
<br />
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<br /> </span></span><span style="font-style: italic;">Ethiopian Airlines, 11th December 2010</span></span>
<br />Emeka Okerekehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14064184833420349709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4947257928571786757.post-27383717886544381712011-01-07T20:14:00.001-08:002011-01-07T20:44:20.478-08:00Basking in the Radiant StarHoly is the night<br />So holy that words only cannot describe<br />A precious gift worth more than a thousand frankincense<br />For saints as for sinners<br /><br />As so imperfect as I am<br />I feel the perfection of this Love<br />The Joy of the day freed my wings from the cold harmattan<br />And filled my nostrils with soothing fragrance of the desert wind<br /><br />I rejoice hand in hand with those in whose hands I placed the trust<br />Of friendship and family<br />Wishing that this feeling be contagious and airborne<br /><br />It is the end of another year<br />Even though many roosters and broilers die today in the harsh burners of festive meals<br />We still wake up to yet another crow<br />Many tried to work against the light<br />But darkness is still in flight<br /><br />Money is the sources of riches<br />But health encompasses wealth<br />I am among the blessed, alive<br />That is an understatement<br /><br />With every ounce of my being<br />I will bask in this gift<br />Worth more than a thousand frankincense<br /><br /><br />© Emeka Okereke, <span style="font-style: italic;">26th December 2010<br /><br /></span>Emeka Okerekehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14064184833420349709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4947257928571786757.post-41798172833560291572011-01-05T20:47:00.000-08:002011-01-05T20:49:14.808-08:00In The Land of Dignitaries<p>In the Land of Dignitaries</p><p> </p><p>Many were called but few were called to choose</p><p> </p><p>And placed at the centre of the country road</p><p> </p><p>Where all goodies never elude their long throat</p><p> </p><p>From where I stand I see snaky hills surrounding man-made mansions</p><p> </p><p>Gwarinpa!* An estate almost as big as a state</p><p> </p><p> Created by one already dead despite his everlasting wealth.</p><p> </p><p>But one dead and thousands to go</p><p> </p><p>And in other to keep alive, they steal</p><p> </p><p>They steal the future of the people in other to nourish their present</p><p> </p><p>They erect grotesque structures and set up gigantic accounts for their lineage yet unborn</p><p> </p><p>While those alive are made to watch the sole of their own feet bleed as they walk the unending road, which only gets steeper and steeper with every climb.</p><p> </p><p>You are welcome to our capital of excellence. We have more shopping malls than schools, and should there be a need for our children to be educated, we send them abroad to foreign lands where they learn how to speak with their nose, walk without their feet and eat without their hands.</p><p> </p><p>Youths are the leaders of tomorrow, but that would be after all the fathers of October First* are dead.</p><p> </p><p>“Who will save me?” says the son with a prodigal father</p><p> </p><p>Who will save us from our own fathers!</p><p> </p><p>The cries of the children are muffled by accentuated sounds of <em>gbedu</em></p><p> </p><p>The drums beat as we pay homage to utter foolishness and the worst scenery of mind poverty.</p><p> </p><p><em>Chief! Oga kpata kpata! Egb</em><em>όn!</em> All are names given to those who are more equal than the others</p><p> </p><p>While they bask in glories which every minute announces the doom of yet another great dream for a nation so blessed.</p><p> </p><p>Yes, we love dancing, and we pride in our dexterity. We are natural dancers.</p><p> </p><p>We could “dance, dance, dance, and forget our sorrows”.</p><p> </p><p>But I ask: who is more foolish?</p><p> </p><p>The dancer or the drummer?</p><p> </p><p>----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p> </p><p>* Gwarinpa estate is situated in Abuja the Capital City of Nigeria. It was commissioned by the late Nigerian dictator Sani Abacha during in his corrupt reign. It is the largest estate in Nigeria and all of West Africa. Most of the houses in this estate are owned by many past presidents, governors and senators who amass incredible amounts of wealth through corruption.</p><p> </p><p>* October First, Nineteen Sixty was the day Nigeria gained independence from Great Britain, most of the so-called fathers of Independence who assumed leadership in effect are still alive today and actively in power.</p><p> </p><p>© Emeka Okereke</p><p></p>Emeka Okerekehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14064184833420349709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4947257928571786757.post-52464064646766864972010-11-11T03:20:00.000-08:002010-11-11T03:26:57.390-08:00How Many!One, two, three<br />The trees die one after the other<br />To be replaced by monstrous structures<br />In there they scheme<br />They plot, they decide, they divide<br />They readjust, the restructure<br />They change, they replace, they displace<br />They kill, they maim<br /><br />How many lives before the cemeteries out-number the living?<br />How many 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class="MsoNormal">But somehow it never spelt the end for me or of me</p> <p class="MsoNormal">“From grass to grace” some might want to say</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Instead I prefer to think there is no grace without those who showed me the way through the grass. </p> <p class="MsoNormal">They say “age ain’t nothing but numbers”</p> <p class="MsoNormal">But it is the perfect measure of time, </p> <p class="MsoNormal">Time to sow, time to reap, but not time to waste.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">I have spent nearly 262, 968 hours since the day of my arrival on earth</p> <p class="MsoNormal">It is a generous gift, and I feel blessed</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>I also feel strong</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Many people have died for what they believe, but I am yet to live for it</p> <p class="MsoNormal">I look up to the heavens today and ask the Almighty to continue to grant me more hours</p> <p class="MsoNormal">And more wisdom to live them in Great deeds.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> Emeka Okerekehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14064184833420349709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4947257928571786757.post-58169765854060589572010-10-22T06:39:00.000-07:002010-10-22T06:58:31.540-07:00Filling My PortionThis trouble of the heart<br />I seek for a means to pour it out<br />At least that I may take a first look at it from a distance<br />I need to put a face to it<br />Indeed a name - not my name<br />It's been long now<br />And I really have to say goodbye<br /><br />Farewell to a friend who was always an enemy<br />Farewell to the walls that threaten my ascent<br />Farewell to the concepts that weaken my courage<br /><br />I shiver as if I am cold<br />I tremble at the thought of another day<br />Again, I kid myself it will be a lovely day<br />Yet, 'am not too eager to greet the sun<br /><br />But courage would prevail<br />In the midst of these fears I will match on<br />For indeed there are no better options<br />As long as my body serves as a passage for the morning air<br />And a vessel for the sun and rain<br />I will sing with the birds<br />With as ugly as a coarse voice<br />I will join the chorus<br /><br />Things I worry about are only meant for the dead<br />So why am I not living?<br />Everyday yields a night, only to unveil a morning<br />A new freshness<br />That much I know from the queen of the night, the lilies and roses<br /><br />Now I hear the birds again<br />But I should not listen to them for too long<br />For our destinies are diverse<br />And it's about time I set out in action<br />To fill my portion of the blank spaces.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Lagos 22/10/2010</span>Emeka Okerekehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14064184833420349709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4947257928571786757.post-83868602526607181632010-09-27T23:12:00.000-07:002010-09-27T23:35:19.796-07:00Been Away For Long....Hello Comrades!<br />I have been away far too long<br />too long and too far to blog my doings<br />Doesnt mean though things aren't going<br />It's just the way I am<br />Never stick too much to a thing<br />I do not even want to be addicted to my work how much more you<br /><br />But hey!<br />I am back<br />You missed nothing 'cos I've NOT been doing NOTHING.<br />Soon you will hear something, read something, feel something.<br /><br />Should I say I have been swimming in unfamiliar waters<br />That would be saying the least<br />In there, I met sharks, gold fish, octopuses, a few sea turtles, and even a whole lot of water snakes.<br />Phew!<br /><br />But hey!<br />Am back!<br />And you missed something<br />A bit of them you would like to know.Emeka Okerekehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14064184833420349709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4947257928571786757.post-81425597801819888352009-09-08T17:20:00.000-07:002009-09-08T17:31:23.384-07:00To Those Who Were Before Me And After MeIn my life I have been blessed by your existence<br />Now I remember those wise comments you make<br />In a sentence, even somehow carelessly.<br />Hardly did I know they lay before before my path as I advance in everyday.<br />How could I have known that there will come a time<br />when I would say the same things to myself.<br /><br />They say time waits for no man!<br />But sometimes time waits for us to mature<br />So that we could appreciate moments of our past.<br /><br />I just want to say to those who are before me and those after me:<br />"I am grateful to be in the middle"<br />You showed me where I am going<br />And you bring me back to things I miss while I was going too fast.<br /><br />I am grateful<br />Grateful to life that has brought you all my way!<br /><br /><br />(c) Emeka Okereke -<span style="font-style: italic;"> Lagos, 18/07/2009</span>Emeka Okerekehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14064184833420349709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4947257928571786757.post-22686366311549622052009-09-06T04:46:00.000-07:002009-09-06T05:03:13.103-07:00Lost. Again!Not for one night will I sleep<br />Nor for one day will I sit.<br />This fire burning inside me<br />Too heavy to contain<br />Occupying each morsel of my being<br />It keeps my hands from burning<br /><br />Like a carver<br />Every minute I chisel within<br />Insisting on making me straight<br />But sometimes I am forced to stop and ask<br />Perhaps I am loving myself far too much<br />Or I hate me.<br /><br />This is the point when one becomes an enemy of both camps<br />Caught in the middle,<br />Every thought becomes a double-edged sword<br />Paranoid<br />Panic<br />Perplexed<br /><br />I am lost again.<br /><br />But this time it is different<br />For I accept that I cannot always know where I am to be what I must.<br />For the universe is an endless garden for all.<br />As vast as it is.<br />It is a gift to be in a place any yet in another at the same time.<br />How else can I explain the space between you and me?<br /><br />Reality is flexible - formless<br />Like water ,it takes the shape of what contains it - us!<br />And like water, there are no boundaries...<br />Just a smooth flow, like music, like harmony.<br /><br />When I shake your hands or take your body in mine<br />It is ok if we get lost in each other<br />For like water, the currents will always lead the way.<br /><br /><br />(c) Emeka Okereke - <span style="font-style: italic;">Algiers, Algeria, 08/07/2009.</span>Emeka Okerekehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14064184833420349709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4947257928571786757.post-81465169674116006242009-09-06T04:29:00.000-07:002009-09-06T04:42:35.454-07:00Between Johannesburg And LagosBorn a traveler<br />I am only confined to the wind<br />The earth only receives me but slightly<br />My footprints are scattered across many lands<br />Of which none I can hardly call mine<br />Constantly laden with profound expectations<br /> Of me, and others, of me.<br /><br />Society push<br />I shove<br />In a world where handshakes are but palm-readings<br />I am only good as your next project...or not...<br /><br />But I would rather be less than settle for less<br />The wind is my friend, even the whirlwind.<br />They say it will uproot me<br />I say it will uplift me.<br />They say it will quench my fire<br />I say it will tame it.<br /><br />The only danger I see is myself.<br />As for you,<br />Really,<br />You can't do to me what you've already not done to yourself.<br /><br /><br />(c) Emeka Okereke -<span style="font-style: italic;"> kenya Airways (en route from Joburg to Lagos), 30/06/2009.</span>Emeka Okerekehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14064184833420349709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4947257928571786757.post-38620232298312975972009-09-06T04:17:00.000-07:002009-09-06T04:25:55.948-07:00HoneyI watched<br />As the honey trickle down slowly<br />And into the tea<br />Wondering how this will end<br />I didn't want to spill it over the container while trying to stop it<br />But at some point it has to stop<br /><br />Then...<br />The flow broke<br />And the honey retreated in a backward motion<br />Smoothly as it came<br />Then to myself I said,<br />"what comes must surely go"<br />The question is: when and how?<br /><br />But it's never always as smooth as the honey<br />Only if one is fortunate.Emeka Okerekehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14064184833420349709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4947257928571786757.post-970777008692816852009-09-06T04:02:00.000-07:002009-09-06T04:14:24.134-07:00Memory LossI have been around a lot of wheres and whos<br />Constantly my mind-scape alternates<br />New faces with new facades<br />I would need a formula if I must stay protected from all those opinions,<br />Of myself and others.<br />The day ends with a feeling of resignation and a baggage to unpack<br />And the morning brings a new day to fulfill.<br /><br />Please be gentle on me<br />It is not always a blessing not to remember a name<br />But as time records it all<br />There is really nothing lost to memory<br />Therefore be gentle on me<br /><br />If it is truth,<br />Your face is your name.<br /><br /><br />(c) Emeka Okereke - <span style="font-style: italic;">Johannesburg June 2009 (exact day unidentified)</span>Emeka Okerekehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14064184833420349709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4947257928571786757.post-11366958263959875982009-09-02T03:55:00.000-07:002009-09-06T04:00:45.029-07:00Dots Of Thoughts<div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"> I am. I was not or going to be. I am.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">*****<br /></div></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">If most people can comprehend or envision the amount of effort you put into<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> getting a thing done, then you probably did not sacrifice as they think you did.<br /><br />*****<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"> If you are a man of your words, then it would be easier done than said.<br /><br />*****<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /> I don't always want to dance, sometimes I want to watch others dance.<br /><br />*****<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"> The things we call secrets are the purest form of truths that we ought to<br /> proclaim, but instead we bury them carefully underneath a thick mask of our lies.<br /><br />*****<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">If I was a soldier, the first thing I would get bored of would be the uniforms.<br /><br />*****<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"> It is good to follow your heart, but only if your heart is your friend.<br /><br />*****<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"> Nothing is old as long as there is not just one side to it.<br /><br />*****<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"> We get use to things because these things use us.<br /><br />*****<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"> Sometimes the first impression is what you make of it and not what it is.<br /><br />*****<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Love is not peace, but peace is the outcome of love.<br /><br />*****<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"> Love Is. Truth Is. Time Is. And that's all there is.<br /><br />*****<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I say let your imaginations run wild, but don't run with it.<br /><br />*****<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Promise is the wish to not fail, but not the impossibility of failure.<br /><br />*****<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">The man who spends most of his time regretting his mistakes<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> is the man who does not count his blessings.<br /></div><br /><br />(c) Emeka Okereke - <span style="font-style: italic;">drawn from various periods</span>Emeka Okerekehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14064184833420349709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4947257928571786757.post-91649928255329794362009-09-02T01:17:00.000-07:002009-09-02T01:45:44.559-07:00Do Just Nothing!Have you ever been in bed and you suddenly feel the ceiling rushing at you?<br />Then you decide to go for a walk but the ground denies your feet.<br />Every step is leading downstairs<br />You go for window shopping and feel you would break in.<br />You are hungry yet can't stand the smell of food<br />You feel too warm because your blood boils<br />That is when everyone becomes every enemy<br />And a threat to your existence<br />Your smile is staged<br />You suspect your strength and believe in your weaknesses<br /><br />That is how it feels when you want to do everything !<br /><br />In this time, it is better to do just nothing!<br /><br /><br />(c) Emeka Okereke - <span style="font-style: italic;">Johannesburg, 15/05/09</span>Emeka Okerekehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14064184833420349709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4947257928571786757.post-61949641649956986802009-09-02T00:58:00.000-07:002009-09-02T01:06:55.124-07:00Despite The Odds [One Day At A Time]These days I sing joyful songs<br />I know a lot in the world are sad<br />But the day has brought me a fortune I must fulfil<br />In times like this I forget my guilt<br />That in my wants I spell doom for a few.<br />My weaknesses are the pain of a friend<br /><br />But I have sworn never to pile up more dirt on the road<br />My offenses will never alter my defenses<br />A day shall come when I shall embrace the love the judges me<br />And reward me with the seeds of my deeds<br />But in joy my spirit will shine its light.<br /><br />One day at a time.<br /><br /><br />(c) Emeka Okereke - <span style="font-style: italic;">Johannesburg, 11/05/09.</span>Emeka Okerekehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14064184833420349709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4947257928571786757.post-85219062739492588892009-09-02T00:46:00.000-07:002009-09-02T00:57:42.414-07:00I Must LiveNow I must live<br />To leave the old ways for a new road<br />With streaks of light adorning my feet as I walk the streets<br />This beauty around me will find a place within me<br />Fill me until I am silent<br />Enough to make my heart my friend<br />And hear less the voice of my worries<br /><br />My day will end with a smile and begin with a grateful prayer<br />In the day, I will dance to the tunes of nature's predictions<br />And make my joy known in deeds<br /><br />For all preciousness of life<br />I must live<span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></span><br /><br /><br />(c) Emeka Okereke - <span style="font-style: italic;">Johannesburg 04/05/09</span>Emeka Okerekehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14064184833420349709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4947257928571786757.post-27365938159996921362009-01-24T06:06:00.000-08:002009-01-24T06:13:40.091-08:00Tales From The UndergroundWhen I arrived in Europe for the first time it was Paris.<br />After the plane was the train<br />It was a long ride underground.<br />" Where is my Paris ? " I asked.<br />" Please someone help ! "<br />The Paris I came with as a hand luggage !<br />Of skies of light and diamond moon !<br /><br />How long will I be here without a landscape ?<br />How long will I be here before I am greeted by a happy face ?<br />Where is the " bon-jour "?<br />When will I hear the careless laughter of a child ?<br />How come my TV says people talk ? My TV must be dumb !<br /><br />Hello! My name is Emeka<br />E – M – E –K- A<br />Anyway, nevermind.<br />May be not here. Maybe not today.<br />For I am in the <em>métro</em> and not the metropolis<br /><br />It feels ...hmm, nice. Yes, nice to be here. In Lagos we don’t have métro ( stupid Lagos !)<br /><br />Yet there is something bizzare about it.<br />Now I feel guilty for being here<br />Like I have just added too much joy to a useful sorrow.<br />Well, they say it’s Paris where the choice is plenty and the choice is free.<br />So I will take my fun elsewhere<br /><br />Yet after two and something years, I am still riding the metro<br />But now I understand why everyone wear black<br />Because I too, am wearing black.Emeka Okerekehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14064184833420349709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4947257928571786757.post-15376747060154167582008-11-06T17:51:00.000-08:002008-11-06T17:55:38.292-08:00Cold FeetWinter is here<br />cold threatens my feet<br />Wants to lock me inside for life<br />From my comfort I draid the pain<br />I fear it<br />I praise it<br />I even boast it<br /><br />But am out in the rain<br />And it's like a walk with an old friend<br />A new comfort<br />The pain of rain is sweet<br /><br />It wasn't the rain<br />It wasn't the cold<br />It's not you<br />not him<br /><br />It's me<br />Me and my warm comfort.Emeka Okerekehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14064184833420349709noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4947257928571786757.post-32594176499700373802008-10-09T00:48:00.000-07:002008-10-09T00:53:54.320-07:00The Best MorningIt is the best way to wake in the morning filled with new energy<br /><br />It is the best way to wake in the morning feeling like your best song.<br /><br />It is the best way to wake in the morning floating in blue skies.<br /><br />It is the best way to wake in the morning feeling like a marathon.<br /><br />It is the best way to wake in the morning feeling like an explosion of love.<br /><br />It is the best way to wake in the morning feeling like an embodiment of a million smiles<br /><br />It is the best way to wake in the morning feeling you were dead but alive again.Emeka Okerekehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14064184833420349709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4947257928571786757.post-88066801175786863302008-10-09T00:26:00.000-07:002008-10-09T03:10:12.897-07:00I AmI am simple<br />Beacause I am neither of quality nor quantity<br />I am either present or absent<br />I am pure<br />I am singular<br />I am a whisper<br />I am the meal... I am the ingredient of the meal<br />I do not depend on reality<br />So in most cases,<br />I am unrealistic...I am complicated<br />But when I am placed beyond the eyes<br />I am the simplest and noblest of all forms.<br />I am life<br /><br />I am Love.Emeka Okerekehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14064184833420349709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4947257928571786757.post-53434038534343472192008-09-05T02:55:00.000-07:002008-09-05T03:00:33.369-07:00The Story Never EndsI had many things to say to you,<br />But I was afraid you might cry<br />So I decided to keep them<br />Untill I am far away<br />Far enough to call you<br />And Remind you that what we have can never be measured by distance<br />Nor can I find a possible word to describe it<br /><br />When I saw you leave<br />When you turned away from the bus that will carry me away<br />I missed you already<br />But I smiled in my tears<br />For in our story<br />The story never ends.Emeka Okerekehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14064184833420349709noreply@blogger.com0