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Thursday 10th April 2025 1:43 pm
Gloom Of Grey
I walk this walk in winter’s fog
along the path to fill each day.
Each stranger I see barely nods,
they pass by without aught to say.
Against the cold I wrap my coat
while trying to ignore the sting
and thoughts of all the miles ahead
that passing through this season brings.
I still recall the trees in color.
It seems like just a day ago.
I dream of time i...
Sunday 2nd March 2025 9:25 pm
Egypt
Leaving Egypt behind to follow the God
Who set you free. Humbling... frightening...
To those accustomed to the yoke of slavery;
Because in the comfort and misery of bondage
There is not much need for faith.
Wednesday 12th February 2025 10:52 pm
Twenty Twenty Five
An unknown journey
As I walk toward the New Year
With fear... hope... and joy!
Saturday 28th December 2024 8:47 pm
Believe
Believe
What
is the
reason for
the season? Why
do we celebrate
the date a child was born?
Perhaps... as a reminder
We have a chance for redemption
If we open our hearts to believe.
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Saturday 14th December 2024 9:01 pm
Echoes beneath the Shadow of Faith
The cooing of the dove grows fierce
Upon hearing that its land is no longer safe
Many have died without a trace
Many hearts have turned to ashes
The wind speaks to the dove,
"Do you not know, there is something that can wound without a cut?"
"Do you not know, there is something that can set hearts ablaze?"
"It has no form, yet it feels sharp.”
"It has no form, yet hearts struck by it fee...
Thursday 19th September 2024 6:54 am
Conversations with the Divine
In the hush of night, I speak to You,
My heart is heavy, my faith unsure,
I’m young, on the brink of my prime,
Yet time seems to slip, like grains of sand.
I ache, Lord, in this restless quest,
Trying to believe, though I’m oppressed,
Do I continue in this weary chase,
Or is it just a lost, empty race?
I see others, their paths seem clear,
While I stumble, gripped by fea...
Wednesday 28th August 2024 12:41 pm
Pain Relief
When will it go away?
The pain in my chest
Pain in my stomach
Pain.
It’s repetitive and never stops
It creeps up on me like bugs
Stings like a wasp
Bites like a mosquito
And leaves, taking a small part of me
Some say it’s a part of life
Maybe I don’t want that
If this is life
Maybe I don’t want any p...
Saturday 24th August 2024 7:00 pm
I AM, (Both sides)
I am the serpent that writhes in your mind
Decisions, derision, words formed unkind
Mestophiles old, sat cast in stone.
Place steel in your hand that cuts to the bone.
Sameal seducer, moulder of man.
To cast doubt on a love, destroy if he can.
Grigori descended to mess with your lives.
Carry the hurt out on many poor wives.
Lucifer guides, the road easy and wide.
Your lead to take, to p...
Friday 3rd May 2024 3:34 pm
Your Devotee
I remember you soley,
make me your only devotee
when your rememberance dies,
you may take me.
Before then I only hope to be your devotee.
Forgive me.
I only seek refuge in your resplendence.
Take me away from the corruption,
That I may worship you only.
Monday 22nd April 2024 9:45 pm
If
If I woke up and worked every day
with a calm resolute execution of plans,
or perhaps at least stayed on approximate track
with the basic things for which I stand.
If with a small grain of faith I’d hold the course
knowing that by small things come the grand.
Then I think I’d be dangerous, I’d finally be...
an instrument in the Lord’s hands.
Monday 19th February 2024 2:21 am
One Hair
I thought to change one hair tonight
from white to black, atop my head.
It seemed a try would be alright
while lying here upon my bed.
I called out to the powers that be
in all their forms amidst the sky,
but nothing changed at all for me
though I had given my best try.
I guess it’s human nature
to control the things at hand.
To try and make sure ever...
Tuesday 13th February 2024 4:07 am
Let the wolves run
Let the wolves run
I run faster
Let the wolves run
I am stronger
Sure of myself
I flex the muscles of my mind
No need to hide
I expel hexes in one breath,
You may not enter
Nor commit the theft
Of my soul
You are uninvited
Release the hatred from your heart
Vengeance is a waste of energy
To be enlightened is to be smart
And rise above, rise!
I a...
Saturday 10th February 2024 7:39 pm
Beautiful Queen
Manon French Canadian Beautiful Queen
Sparkling eyes angelic serene
For every Queen must have a crown
God blessed her
A platinum garland was sent to her
God's Purest most stunning jewel was lent to her
Breathtaking beauty too precious for earth
Stefany crowned from birth
Melissa sweet as the honey in her name
Honey bee she gives strength to her Queen
Manon, Melissa he...
Tuesday 7th November 2023 2:27 am
Young Man, Dancing
Quite nice, on the whole, that religious chap.
High up, apparently. (Could even be the boss;
‘Numéro Uno’, said a bodyguard.)
He gave me forty minutes;
Has some good ideas.
Drinks shandy with lunch
(‘Must keep a clear head’).
Unsurprising views on midweek sex (he is sceptical)
And Elvis impersonators (better in the North).
Unlike his autobiography,
Entitled ‘Who’...
Sunday 24th September 2023 7:18 am
If Love Were Simple
If LOVE were simple then, for sure
We'd know the blessings it truly bestows:
We'd rid our life of sad refrains, begot of earthly woes;
Our wholesome love remaining ever pure.
When virtue lies in every thought and deed,
Or promise of a future time be met.
Then likewise your sweet kisses or your warm embrace
Would seal the bargain and, God speed,
There would be no cause ...
Friday 25th August 2023 11:38 am
Faith
If I believe in me,
I can be anything,
I ever want to be,
Swiftly soaring through the sky,
Flying my way that high,
Gently touching horizons unseen,
If I believe in me.
Maybe dive into waters so pure,
Laugh with dolphins,
Solve mysteries unknown,
I can feel the deepest pits,
If only I believe in me.
Forgetting all my darkest fears,
Ignoring all thos...
Tuesday 1st August 2023 4:12 pm
Bigger than you
You should know better
Than to think you’re alone in this universe
You’ve seen breath come from nothing
Animals evolve
More complex than fathomable
Human species shapeshift and roam
With inventions inexplicable
Grass, water, and life itself
Come to be
And people like you
Who all think different
And think they’re the only ones
Don’t assume you’re not connect...
Friday 19th May 2023 2:30 pm
Part of us
Something speaks from beyond
Something writhes alive
In each of us
Something pulls and breathes
Beyond our touch
They call it instinct
But it is magically distinct
And can lead, lead, lead
To something in your core
They call it power of the brain
But it’s so much more
It cannot be explained away
It cannot be spoken out of existence
They call it the mi...
Sunday 14th May 2023 11:03 pm
Heads or Tails
Like a coin
tossed in the air,
chance will decide
whether I will land heads or tails
To have control is almost impossible,
when I think I'm at the top
someone incapable or enviously sick
comes from behind
and knocks me down to the ground
I get up smiling,
starting again;
leaving nothing half done,
that's how I face life;
even when insults rain down ...
Thursday 12th January 2023 4:31 pm
Broken Hearts Will Cry, Broken Hearts Will Sing
Where have you gone?
Where has your mercy fled?
Do you see the tears
drenched upon my bed?
Do you hear my cries for shelter?
Do you remember me at all?
Please tell me you’re not just watching
As my kingdoms rise and fall.
One hundred and twenty days
And still I cannot breathe.
Have you buried me beneath
A burden that will not leave?
I know you s...
Wednesday 9th March 2022 3:06 pm
Unrequited Belief
I've thought about this deeply.
I've given it my all.
I wish I had more than just one head
to beat against this wall.
All the shoulds and shouldnt's blur my vision,
wont's and cant's clog up my ears.
And now everytime someone says "I can"
I burst right into tears.
I stood on top this promise
of a mustard seed so little.
I gave a faith so boldly
and receiv...
Tuesday 8th March 2022 3:28 pm
Love Not Fully Understood
God, I know you’re good.
You’re gentle and you’re kind.
You quiet the restless heart,
With words it cannot find.
You tether the most wayward souls,
Drawn away by the slightest breeze.
You answer the most daring questions,
With sovereignty and ease.
All you do is good,
It’s the only way you know how to be.
How else could the Lion
Befriend a sheep like me?
...Monday 7th March 2022 9:37 pm
Dark Nights
In this dark night of my soul
at the hands of unkind men,
when they looked at me and saw no value,
except for every now and then.
In those moments of quiet desolation,
when I begged to hear your voice,
when I pleaded for you to save me
and when I wrestled with your choice.
For all the ways I can forgive them,
though it makes no sense at all.
The winds of a...
Monday 7th March 2022 5:33 pm
An encounter with the past
I remember being told to,
'You can do nothing'.
A memory that came like a flood,
Only this morning.
I pass by several faces,
That I've been seeing for years.
But today I saw one,
That reminded me of the days of tears.
When the people I relied on,
Pointed fingers at me.
When I was mocked and laughed at,
And what I really was, no one could see.
The times when people told me,
I didn't fi...
Thursday 25th November 2021 2:58 pm
On Sunday
I never used to understand
why Jesus wanted to be reborn,
into a world of sinners and saints,
of betrayers and victims
where even the strongest hearts of gold,
would one day taste the cruel pain
of a finite life.
And then one day, I met you,
and my heart that believes no faith,
believed in you,
and I knew,
I’d die a thousand Friday’s
to be reborn to you on Sunday.
Sunday 29th August 2021 2:47 am
Entitled to Love
They tell us;
“You are not entitled to anything.”
But, somehow we feel that’s wrong.
The birds have food,
the beasts have water;
and they can find a mate.
They tell us;
“The world is harsh,
it hands you nothing.”
But, humans seem to make it worse.
Your rules, and laws and boundaries of the mind;
enslave us to earn a dollar,
while you stand and jeer and watch.
They tell...
Friday 2nd April 2021 5:00 pm
Faith, Love and Honesty
I will be embarking now on a sequence of poems, in chronological and thematic order, that will stretch back right towards some of my earliest poetry. The collective theme is 'Love's Tempest', within which there will be various sub-themes. We start with the sub-theme 'Beginnings'.
Although this particular poem was probably written when I was 19 or 20 years old, it talks about earlier chidhood. I...
Thursday 25th March 2021 1:38 pm
Healing
Broken feeling all alone
The dark surrounds you and all is still
Time stops ticking
Your heart no longer wants to beat, it no longer wants to live
You hear a voice whisper
You hear a voice call your name
You fall on your knees close your eyes and pray
You feel his strength
You hear his voice say , "No more!"
God says , "Rise and grow!"
Have COURAGE to let go......
Friday 5th February 2021 1:19 pm
Light
Sometimes I wonder if you ever loved me
I wonder if you ever felt the way I felt for you
Sometimes I wonder why you stayed by my side so long
Why did you watch my light slowly die
And then blamed me when it was all gone
Sometimes I wonder why did you fall in love with someone else when you had somone by your side who gave you all her life who gave you her heart
Then I realize th...
Tuesday 2nd February 2021 4:24 pm
Transcendent Love
Dear Lord, please find me
somebody to love.
God replied, no,
not just one love.
I give you an ocean
of eternal love
found only in faith,
poetry and music.
From this special place,
you will find love
like you have never known,
from kindred spirits
around the world,
transcending
space and time,
to give you a glimpse
of the divine.
...
Wednesday 30th December 2020 3:52 am
Whatever We Imagine
There is greater evil in this world,
And greater good, than we ever perceive.
There is far more wrong, and far more right,
Than we ever believe.
There is only ourselves out there,
And whatever we imagine.
There is just our self to turn to,
To retain our balance.
It isn't what we meet in life
But how we choose to meet it.
It isn't what turns out in life
But what we do about it.
Th...
Monday 21st December 2020 6:44 am
Shadow Dancing
In the shadow of sleeping Kings,
soldiers, and poets,
comes another battlefield day,
man against man, invisible wars,
hell’s fury unleashed among trees.
Yet, upon the rocky shore,
angels dance and sing,
reminding us there is something more
than misery.
Beauty glints among broken things.
Hope is on the horizon.
So on these solemn days,
let us find something...
Friday 27th November 2020 1:50 am
Will
Will you raise your voice for the oppressed
Will you demand Governmental redress
Will you speak on things that truly matter
Will you allow this illusion to truly shatter
Will you plant the seeds in the ears of youth
So they can discover the yield of truth
Will you speak up Will you scream
Will you have faith Will you dream
Will you turn up your volume for the silenced
Wi...
Wednesday 28th October 2020 7:45 am
Matriarch
What is this dark energy
cloaking the universe
threatening to consume me,
wrap me in a weighted blanket
of silent abyss.
Some days I’m tempted
to dive into the black hole,
see what all the fuss is about,
but I know if I do, I will take
a generation or two of
fragile minds with me.
Weakness is not my legacy.
I have to stay strong,
be my family’s guiding li...
Tuesday 27th October 2020 4:39 am
My Truth
The saying "speak your truth"
Doesn't apply to me.
My truth is the nail in my hand
It's a crown of thorns, mocking
Everything I believe.
Maybe I won't speak unless spoken to
Like a child.
My truth is nothing compared to
The universe You created, but
Somehow you still care.
My truth is being swept up in
Your love for me.
Maybe I will speak my truth.
Thursday 15th October 2020 9:45 pm
Gravity
We are as different
as the sun and moon,
circling the same universe,
with an omnificent God
you don’t believe in,
for adventures in love,
you among the trees,
me with my muse,
who today, lives in you.
Sunday 4th October 2020 7:33 pm
Here Shines
Here shines
The dream that binds
The hopes
Given to you
That hears a voice
And runs to find
That shadows
Need love
Too
Here sighs
The heart that tries
To look
For something new
Run to and fro
And back again
To find it all
In you
Here waits
The tender kiss
Within
Veiled spirits cry
A whisper
Of a certain truth
That love ...
Friday 25th September 2020 8:57 pm
After the Pandemic
After the pandemic,
I hope we remove our masks,
find more reasons to smile,
forgive faster,
have more patience,
keep the faith,
help each other however we can.
Gather more,
hug more,
kiss more,
remember what we're here for,
live, laugh, love.
I hope you find strength
to move your mountains,
courage to carry on,
seize every opportunity
to live the After now.
h...
Sunday 20th September 2020 4:26 pm
The Flame Within
She has a beauty that shines from within
A light that never grows dim
Her candle goes not out by night
And the radiance inside her, ever bright
When the wind blows,
Her flame - it holds
She thrives, she sparks
She glows, she grows.
An original poem by Faith Olajuyigbe from Words of Faith
For more visit: https://www.wordsoffaith.co.uk
Thursday 27th August 2020 5:04 pm
The Phoenix
I’ve weathered storms that I thought would drown me
I’ve learnt to soar in winds I thought would consume me
They say
Out of the ashes must rise a new Phoenix
The flame…
Being refined by fire
Through it, I’ll rise higher
The flames provide the fuel
As I soar to my strength
Refined by fire
Gold purified
A faith that stands.
Tuesday 25th August 2020 9:47 am
Truth
The hard part about all this is that you already found new love
You decided she was better than me that she is enough
The words you said, "to infinity and beyond" we're all a lie and you left me when all I ever wanted was compassion,understanding, and love
But the day you walked out, I learned the truth about life.
I learned that the only person that could make me strong was God
He...
Friday 21st August 2020 4:11 pm
Two in the Morning
Profound sadness
clouds my view
at a quarter til two.
I don’t understand why
my muse avoids me like the flu,
when a simple poem or song will do.
Wise words to help me understand
why true love passed me by
in this lifetime.
Why wrong choices,
that felt right at the time,
left me alone in this abyss
where my better self
silently bears witness
to my shr...
Friday 14th August 2020 5:56 am
DON'T NEED
DON’T NEED
Have you given up on me have I given up on you
What is it we really can do as we look like fools
Can't see the future past my own dreams
But can you say your truly free
Don't need no blessed beads.
Don't need no lucky rabbit's feet.
Just need our leader's minds to be free.
Instead of thinking of a destructive ideology
They have a death wish for...
Friday 7th August 2020 1:37 pm
Lost Boy (AKA Lost Child and Lost Girl)
Lost boy, find your way home
Reach out your arms
You’re no longer alone
Lost boy, please don’t be scared
There’s a safe place waiting
You just need to get there
People may judge you
And that is OK
If they have a problem
We can keep them at bay
Thoughts and feelings are normal
Its everyday life
The future is yours
So keep that in sight
Lost boy, why are you afraid
It’s not your ...
Wednesday 5th August 2020 4:48 pm
Echoes
Resistance is futile.
You will not find rest
as long as I am near,
whispering in your ear.
STOP, right now.
Write now.
Talk about how
love echoes
in the valley of
lost souls.
Share your hopes,
dreams, fears.
I’m listening,
channeling,
ready to bathe you,
in serenity.
I am your muse,
voice of truth,
your...
Tuesday 28th July 2020 5:17 pm
The Price
The price of life,
is death.
The price of love,
is forgiveness.
The price of peace,
is judgement.
The price of success,
is failure.
The price of fame
is freedom.
The price of freedom,
is discipline.
The price of discipline
is faith.
The price of faith,
is fear.
Everything has a price.
What is the cost,
of the life you seek?
Are you willing ...
Sunday 12th July 2020 4:00 pm
Fandango
A magenta sky
greets my morning sigh.
Another majestic day,
lost in the minutia of life.
Shoulda, coulda,woulda,
paralyzing dream sabers.
Distractions abound.
Download another book,
refresh the poet's page.
Escape, behind a waterfall
of tears.
Long nights,
paved years.
Fandango memories
sustain me.
Resilience
prevails.
Dry your eyes,
face your fears.
Wr...
Tuesday 9th June 2020 4:31 pm
Faith
In a world that is broken and full of crime and hate
There are people who still have faith
Faith that can move mountains and make things well
There are people who believe with all their heart that things can heal
They believe that with faith anything and everything is possible
Through pain, death, and brokeness we must always remember to have a little bit of FAITH
Let God take th...
Monday 1st June 2020 7:27 pm
Tuesday's Prayer
Lord mold me into
the loving person
you created me to be.
Help me praise,
instead of complain.
Smile,
instead of frown.
Look up,
instead of down.
Reach out to the lost,
so they can be found.
Amen.
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Tuesday 26th May 2020 12:15 pm
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