| Regrets | I chose the wild road to run
I thought to stray away was fun
So I turn a deaf ear to my father's call
I thought my mother was old fashion after all
So I threw tantrums back at her
At sixteen, I thought I knew better
I knew the answer to all... | Benson Chukwueke |
| Play Safe | It's better to say NO,
Don't say you don't know,
Cos it shows not on the face,
But think of the ordeals you'll face
Your life and future at stake,
Before making the same mistake.
It's but some minutes of fun,
Then you're forever done.
For... | Benson Chukwueke |
| The Cracked Voice of Ernest Okonkwo | When we lost Ernest Okonkwo to the cold hands of death, football lost too.
The beautiful flower that adorn the beautiful game withered away
We still mourn his demise to this day
It was a huge loss and the big shoes he left, we are yet to find... | Benson Chukwueke |
| Ogoni Tribulation | Paddling down Luubara creek
As I explore the riverine this week
I saw oil spilled like blood
Over the water surface flood
Stench smell of rotten dishes
Flies buzzing on dead fishes
Floating and tossed by the waves
Trees wear out as the... | Benson Chukwueke |
| This is Lagos | Arriving that evening
through the window screen
I saw the sign
THIS IS LAGOS
And the hustle began
No slacking on this fast lane
Agbero yells in a raspy voice
No bus parking to wait for you
Here in Lagos
Passengers jump like monkeys
unto... | Benson Chukwueke |
| Are You Traveling to Oron | Are you traveling to Oron to be lost
In the mysteries and secrets of Ekpe, the Bermuda triangle
lban Isong, a land deeply rooted in the ocean
With queen of the coast, daughters of mermaid
Of the marine race inhabit this town
A man who visits... | Benson Chukwueke |
| Another Midnight Massacre | All through wee hours of the morning
Laminga wail their missing persons, mourning
And the track road leading into Amurum forest
Stained with droplets of blood down the terraced
Searching into sunrise by Lafon river parts
headless corpses,... | Benson Chukwueke |
| Crushed | Not once, I caught you stealing a glance at me
from a distance undressing me top to bottom
with your eyes secret lusting
salivating a married woman
And when I caught you in the act
you dropped your eyes like a sheepish little boy
swiftly... | Benson Chukwueke |
| The Betrayal | Now you look down on your people
As you drive pass the street full throttle
Cos' the brothers you have betrayed
You dare not look up into their eyes
Your kinsmen, your friends
Together you once drink and dine
Who voted you into office
To... | Benson Chukwueke |
| Power Play | We waited till minutes turn into hour
As People troop out to exercise their power
Time to reflect the decision we were about to take
Will our vote count with what is at stake
Is it to return tribal leaders in our city
or to install fresh men... | Benson Chukwueke |
| The Root Cause | Sometimes, better to dig it up
Right from the root
And expose it to daylight
Cos' it's not good for a man to sleep all day
And not wake up to his responsibilities
It's not normal
If he pushes his wife out to the street
To hustle and to fend... | Benson Chukwueke |
| Fear has been Defeated! | He gazed upon the skies
A view of a wandering eyes
Hallow eyes, filled with emptiness
Hopelessness and sadness
He was afraid of his own shadow
Cos his mind has become so shallow
He was afraid of tomorrow
He was afraid to live another day... | Benson Chukwueke |
| Nomophobia Breakdown | Dopamine release lingers
with continuous touch of her fingers
caressing through its brightened face
so it opens up to her, in real time and space
in text, audio and video,
in such a romantic tango
She loves to live in the screen world
... | Benson Chukwueke |
| The Great Giraffe | A god has been born to us
But we didn't know
The wise men in the east saw the star
But didn't know
Didn’t the prophet foretell his coming
Didn’t an angel visit his mother
The mother who first felt the kick in her womb
The movement of a... | Benson Chukwueke |
| Is this my country | Is this my country or is it hell
Is it the fire I must go through to live well
Living here in my fatherland
Living with an empty hand
Wallowing for not following
The diabolical wind billowing
Is this the pressure that push the weak to fall
... | Benson Chukwueke |
| Zombie of the New World Order | Of what use is this strange therapy
that claims to make people happy
But doesn't prevent nor cure
Just a forced vaccination to ensure
A gene of this nomenclature
Is injected to alter the human nature
But is this the mark of the beast
Every... | Benson Chukwueke |
| Promises | Chameleon has not been known to keep it's colour
It would always speak with two tongues
The sweet tongues of a politician
Promising heaven on earth
Is only praying to steal our votes
After then, we can go to... | Benson Chukwueke |
| Lofty Dream | All the time, all my life
I've been chasing a dream
of catching the wind
But how could I explain the gleam
Without confounding the mind
Of things the senses cannot perceive
Is hard to believe
So how could I explain
Things only the heart... | Benson Chukwueke |
| The Deed | The room turned upside down
Pieces of papers littered the floor
With scribbles of his will
Ink spill over the bedsheet
Ball stamp on the wall
No doubt, this is the deed
The signature of my dear son
Just three year old,... | Benson Chukwueke |
| The Last Hour Preacher | I'm the last hour Preacher
The end time Teacher
And I speak to you O men
Who have eyes to see
Let them see
The signs of the sea
The waters rumbling
Nature grumbling
At wicked human actions
Nation war against nations
Nuclear missile fired... | Benson Chukwueke |
| Cold War | Now no exchange of gunfire
No bombshell razed the forest
All is calm, so calm as dead night
Quiet but noises within us
As we wrestle with heavy heart
In a fight to overcome our fears
A battle only seen in the wrinkles on our faces
As... | Benson Chukwueke |
| Betrayal | Now you look down on your people
As you pass them by the street
Cos' the friends you have betrayed
You dare not look up into their... | Benson Chukwueke |
| Sambisa Is Death | For all men who seek adventure
Sambisa is Death
Hell is just a mile from this forest
The sun burn sulphur and brimstone
The flies, the obnoxious musicians
Hum repugnant songs into my ears
Sharia drums it so hard and loud
The law shall flog... | Benson Chukwueke |
| Lieutenant KANU | I saw him last with the infantry battalion
After the fall of Okigwe town
I saw him disappear with the Bandwagon
After Biafra raised the white flag
I saw his blood boiling hot
Forty years after the civil war
I saw him still singing the war song... | Benson Chukwueke |
