TIME OF AWAKENING

Above this tent of green

A blue sky lay overhead

With trees hanging all around

Dancing from side to side

The kisses by the wind

Made every tree to sing

Oh, what a melody!

Sweet sounding symphony

A taste of grandeur

From tree rustling

Sea rumbling

Birds chirping

Wolves howling

And wind hovering

Oh, what a melody!

A melody like no other

Just like heaven's ochestras

Playing with harps and cymbals

Trumpets and drums of thunder

Such a rare symphony

Oh, such a melody!

The sound of awakening

The rise of earth angel

The time of gathering

And homecoming.

Written by:

Ebenezer O. Akinrinade

(Writer & Poet)

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DETERMINED TO DREAM

Last night,

Unlike every other night

When men were fast asleep

I lay in bed awaken

Thinking, sighing and staring

I watched the clock, ticking

Heard its sound, clicking

A rat in the kitchen, running

All I wanted was a dream

But how...

With eyes and brain awaken

Would I get a chance to dream?

It was 12:18am last time I checked

Now the time is 5:34am, still counting

The road is coming back to live

I can tell...

Sound from car engines, zooming

Voices from the neighborhood, echoing

Yes, I know...

Some are still in bed, slumbering

I am in mine too, but still expecting

And endlessly waiting...

Thinking, sighing and staring at nothing

Wishing, that I can start dreaming

I'll be grateful for an hour or two

I just want a picture of my own dream

So I can rise like the morning sun

Full of life, vigor and strength

Empowered to live out my dreams

To turn imaginations to realities

Problems to possibilities.

Here in my bed, I'll stay unrelenting

Expecting, praying and waiting...

Until the Angel brings my portion

Either a dream, a vision or revelation.

Written & Authored by:
Ebenezer O. Akinrinade (CYFI Fellow)

|Social Worker | Poet | Editor | Social Media Strategist | Youth & Child Advocate

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NIGHT, FEARFUL NIGHT

Lay down your head each night

And let your heart be at rest.

Angels are roundabout your bed

To save you from sleeping to death.

Let your heart be at rest each night

A new day will always dawn for you.

Written & Authored by:
Ebenezer O. Akinrinade (CYFI Fellow)
|Social Worker | Poet | Editor | Social Media Strategist |

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IN YOUR ARMS FOREVER

When you hold me safe and warm, I will sing for you a new song.

When you hold me safe and warm, I will be to you a lily among thorns.

When you hold me safe and warm, I will thrust my arms in yours as we travel along.

When you hold me safe and warm, I will trade with you all my love at once.

When you hold me safe and warm, I pray never to love no other but you.

When you hold me safe and warm, I will be safe and warm in your arms forever.

~~Written & Composed by:
Ebenezer O. Akinrinade (Gent2Smile)




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