Somethings...

There are things you cannot force

Things you cannot earn

They must be given from the source

These things you cannot learn

A connection between souls

As precious as is rare

like a spoon for a bowl

Completion when you’re near

There’s things in life I can’t explain

like a language from within

Sometimes these things can cause us pain

They cast out where we’ve been

The energy ‘tween you and I

Requires we go west

but I’ll understand if south you fly

back to your prior nest

There are things you cannot force

At most you can inspire

Sometimes the ending is remorse

We're strengthened by the fire.

Akin Ogunsola

November 3, 2013

Lies...

In conversation we weave in our lies
where the truth in our hearts is kept
Weakness, in public, our tongue decries
forgetting memories under rugs we swept

Why can’t we put our truths in front
and for our sins we face the brunt?
The bible says that truth will set us free
so why do we lie... Why can’t we see?

A cloak of lies we sew in vain
can’t we see it is the plague?
We dress in filth to soothe our pain
and live a life fruitless and vague

For me a lie waits like a reaper
In little doses grows like a creeper
waiting to devour the guilty sleeper
to corrupt the core, darker, and deeper

They say perfect love casts out all fear
perhaps the bible offers a clue
that if I hold you close, and draw you near
you’ll drop your lies, and simply be you.

Akin Ogunsola
November 1, 2013