METAPHOR OF SPIRITUAL REALMS

The road to heaven bears a semblance to the woman.

A long, tight and narrow canal,

Accommodating only a single entity at a time.

The road to hell bears a semblance to the man.

A broad and distinctive horizon,

For the chronically ignorant, heading straight towards destruction.

Adesina Aanuoluwapo John - 2016

PARALLEL ENVY

I'm envious of your life. I wish I were you. 

You're envious of my life. You wish you were me.

We're envious of our lives. We wish we were one another.

All forgetting the things we have that the other doesn't.

Adesina Aanuoluwapo John - 2016

KILLERS OF KIN

You kill your own people,

and desecrate their bodies.

It is not of our own doing,

but of our masters we carry.

Our guns thirst for their blood,

and our bullets for their flesh.

Adesina Aanuoluwapo John - 2016