DESTITUTES OF OUR LAND

Now

You laugh they cry
You eat they starve
You stand they fall
You walk they crawl

Soon

You sow they reap
You labour they sleep
You pay they bill
You hurt they heal

Earlier

They hunger you dine
They thirst you wine
You rise they hide
You blossom they slide

If Now

They call you answer
They mourn you gather
They perish you save
They signal you wave

Later

You sing they cheer
You speak they hear
You ask they give
For you lived and let live

emekA mbaH 2011

LET NOT THIS FIRE SPREAD

LET NOT THIS FIRE SPREAD

Let not this fire spread

To the rising smoke & flame put an end

To the oil, tears and blood spilled and shed

To the loss and broken heart that time’ll never mend

Please let not this fire spread

Let not this fire spread

For in defense will each for himself fend

An invite to the chaos, war and famine we so much dread

So let the Great & Mighty for peace stoop and bend

Please let not this fire spread

Let no this fire spread

Vice and violence have become the new trend

Adieu to all our compatriots who fell and bled

Who stood firm for truth and refused to blend

Please let not this fire spread

Let not this fire spread

This tiny sparks may escalate beyond what we intend

In protest we have shunned the hunt for our daily bread

Do not bask slowly in shady silence and pretend

Please let not this fire spread

Let not this fire spread

Ours is a nation known to invest less than we spend

Dissatisfaction and anger color our very eyes red

Address priorities, corruption and frivolities suspend

Please let not this fire spread

Let not this fire spread

Whether you earn billions or less than a stipend

Remember we will lie as we make our bed

This broken wall is for us all to mend

Please let not this fire spread

Let not this fire spread

This is the cry we’ve signed and now send

For the Labors of our Heroes past and dead

We unite as one and our voices we lend

Please let not this fire spread.

C’emeka Mbah [Esq]

10-01-2012

Promising Young Man

PROMISING YOUNG MAN

PROMISING YOUNG MAN

Hear the travails of a single mother
Traded her heaven for love
But hopes and dreams short-lived and ran
Now she cries aloud to every woman
Be ware of a promising young man

He promised to move me mountains
He vowed to spring forth like fountains
At my faintest whisper when in need
And called on cupid to strike him stupid
If he is short of a word or letter in his creed

He stands and mopes as thought lost in lust
 It is vanity to yearn and lust over dust
He calls my left keg wonderful
And the right he christened as powerful
Both together he called beautiful

He said the sun rises in my glittering eyes
That heaven is hid between my very thighs
And will persevere till he finally makes it to heaven
He spoke sweet sounding sermons as time ticked eleven
Words like fetters, held hostage a lass due home for seven

He said my presence did make him shiver
And for my absence, he’ll cry me a river
If only I would be his all in one miss
He’ll treat me to a night of ceaseless kiss
And our ever after will be made of an endless bliss

Little did I know that the name I bore was a loan
Soon I’ll be striped of the same and left to moan alone
From my heaven he’s got saints numbering up to seven
Deserted in this lonely cold night as time ticked eleven
He’s abandoned me and all the saints in search for a new heaven


C’emeka Mbah 1/12/2011

Bloody Bill

Bloody Bill

In him was the curse of the law personified
Born a lion in royalty, died a lamb in loyalty
Calvary deal was sealed with the blood of Christ the crucified
The one broker through whom humanity has acquired her share in Divinity
An investment that yields a premium of an endless life
Of one who spent the rest of his earthly life to give the life of his heavenly rest
Transforming the woe of his foe into his church and worth wife
In dying her death she may live his life; true love at its best
The Prince came to the earth to shop for a bride
Willingly signed a bloody bill regardless of price
Calvary deal was sealed with the blood of Christ the crucified
I died in his death, alas! I live and won’t die twice.
C’emeka Mbah 1/2/2012

VIRGIN VERSES

Virgin Verses
My verses are virgin never been said
My stanzas are maiden never been heard
They cheer like beer, making many glad
Drowning the flood from the eyes of the sad

My diction is distinct, simple and true
My lines run on pun, romantic and blue
Rhythmic rhymes refreshing as due
Specially brewed by me for you
C’emeka Mbah 2/2/2012

BRIDE PRIDE

BRIDE PRIDE
Comely & Charming yet Cheerful and Chaste
Basks in Blissful plethora of abundance without waste
She is loving & loyal as the sun is to the day
A rare lady
Of Uncommon Story

Rooted in Christ, with the Charisma & Character
Deep in her career call like fish in the water
She is loving & loyal as the sun is to the day
A rare lass
Of Uncommon Class

Committed to Purpose and Communicates in grace
The Custodian of my heart, my dice and my ace
She is loving & loyal as the sun is to the day
A rare dame
Of Uncommon fame

Driven by Passion and timely in action
Nurtured her gifts into skills for our vision
She is loving & loyal as the sun is to the day
A rare wife
Of Uncommon life

Gallant in Glamour with wit yet graceful and simple
Lit my life with the brightness of your face and dimple
You are loving & loyal as the sun is to the day
My rare bride
In whom I do pride

02/02/2012
C’emeka Mbah

THE SACRIFICE

For You
           I gave up my daily bread
For You
           I healed, taught and fed
For You
           I prayed, wept and bled
For You
           I took the path all dread to tred
For You
           I was willing to shed my last red
                                               Only give me your heart my friend
                                              And I will keep you to the very end

11/02/2012
C'emeka Mbah

THE THINGS THAT WORK FOR US

About the Word
The word edifies and sanctifies

About the blood
The blood purifies and justifies

About the Spirit
He Comforts our every tear
and confronts our every fear

About Love
the way of the father, merciful,tender & mild
the core of our essence, a prerequisite for every child

About Faith
introduced to us by the spoken word
the victory by which we overcame the world

About Hope
the lifeline to a promise that is invisible
the propeller to live for a reward that is invincible

About the name
a superior brand inferior to no other
our access to assets of limitless order

About the Anointing
unparallelled lubricant & yoke breaker
for excellence in the service of the master

About Worship
truly a spiritual love affair
beyond words of emotional flair

About the Cross
there the spill was made
and there the bill was paid

About the Church
our very fold and common pride
chosen by the father as the son's bride

About Prayer
a sure link for fellowship and intimacy
our medium of negotiation and diplomacy

About the Son
Born of the Father, hailed by all as Jesus
The custodian of the things that work for us

2nd/ April/2012

C'emeka Mbah Esq

IBO MEN

Ever seen a nation:
of men who added extra to their ordinary
of men who became super in the natural
of men who inserted meta to the physical
of men who brought in 'IM' to mortality
men who in search for a fair nut
prospered even in the far north
and cheered others to fear not
men who arose when many were called and few chosen
burning with passion when many were cold and few frozen
men while colleagues where in sited were out standing
and have vowed never to sit in but stand out
men who through faith change and recreate fate
men who defy deities to kiss destiny
took terrestrial trade from global to celestial
men who now trade words with gods
Ndi Igbo
rooted in Nigeria and prospering in diaspora
if only Oha Na Eze could be ONE
then IBOs will forever be Indivisible Brothers Occupying stately

FALSE CAUSE

Elite few for their political reasons & scheming
in deception drew many feeble fellows with a tint of religious emotion
Men who do evil in the name of good and serve the devil in the name of God
Wonder why we would worship deities if we have to protect them and defend their cause
and their feeble faithfuls faithfully fan a false cause
Boko Haram
Biko Hara'm

You claimed to be anti western education
But you are pro western technology & ammunition
fruits of a failed marriage, the abomination of amalgamation
Men of customized violence & signature blood shed
Lo you've turned a green land red
survivors who once bled are now dead
Boko Haram
Biko Hara'm

You claimed your problem was the government
But you bombed the unarmed and innocent
I know of a place you'll never raze or dent
Too many Mosquitoes standing untouched and fat
Yet you set ablaze a moving Church rat
Which heavens do you connect from your mat
Boko Haram
Biko Hara'm

Some Say you are fanatical and political
Others say your cause is unrealistic, cannibalistic & tribalistic
Whatever the case, I loathe your bloody passion & fashion
You smoked to ashes mother and child
and returned untimely to dust a groom and his bride
Yet some keep mum, others speak in tongues tender and mild
Boko Haram
Biko Hara'm

You double the woes of the Niger-area
and in your folly, threw stones at the market square
You've lost some of your own and soon to be deserted alone
Imagine the opportunities lost at a senseless cost
In my mother-tongue, I bid you to end this wrong
Boko Haram
Biko Hara'm

I have had this burden borne like a laden camel
it is true our beliefs differ in Isaac and Ishmael
Yet i entreat you in the name of our father Abraham
Let folks flock in your pastures without fear of harm
For infected with dirge is my song that is sung
True we do not share a common tongue
But its crystal clear we share a common skin
The victims of your transferred aggression ask,'What is our sin?'
are we the government or the western education so forbidden?
Sheet your explosive swords and let words detonate from your mouth
Remember the support and base of every North is a supplying South
Boko Haram
Biko Hara'm

C'emeka Mbah 9:50am 19/05/2012