Nigerian Writer: Departure

 Nigerian Writer: Departure Author-Felix Brambaifa When departure is sudden Like the gasp of breathe The heart is then ridden Like a wood, infested chest Within which nothing precious Can come to find endurance Like a Father's withered voice Uttering last advice of importance The pain surges forth And then it is...

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Nigerian Writer: Love

Felix Brambaifa The heart of love is truth Its strength, in its root Its charity in its abundance Like stars in a celestial dance Each moment the passing of magic Potent against the most tragic Its patterns, indeed most divine Like illumination, its essence do shine I pray to come in contact A union with this ancient fact When savages make...

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Nigerian Writer: Adultery

Adultery Felix Oyintonbra Brambaifa The claim of loyalty has run sour Like soup tainted the night before The act was at this very hour An immoral deed without cure His request met no resistance For her lust was without limit It was a tryst by compliance Her loyalty, feebled that very minute How sudden the fall of friendship When lust overpowers...

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