SOLOH AINA

SOLOH AINA

GIVE ME YOUR HAND

Forget the pains

The stains

And the hunger

Give me your hand, and

I shall hold you well

I shall nutrify your heart and make you hale again.

Forget the tears

The sears

And the throes

Give me your hand, and

I shall gild you with love

I shall rekindle your dreams and make you whole again.

Just give me your hand….

SHADE OF ME

I’m shaded in grey, not

With the colors of the rainbow

Not with a pinch of love

Nor a breath of joy

But with pain, that overflows it bank

You need not look deep to see my sadness, for

It well scripted on me like a rose in autumn.

NO MORE KISSES

No more kisses…

No more hugs...

Pack your bags and let me be.

Let me be in my own new world, where

I would see loneliness as my dearest friend and embrace

silence as my admirer.

For you're far from the man I once knew;

the man that would ease my pain

and tend to my worries,

the man that would comfort me and

kiss me to sweet dreams.

Pride has really changed you, and

you now see yourself as the brightest star in the sky.

Young man… let me be!

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Let me be!

I need your sunshine no more.

I cherish your smiles no more.

Carry your bags and hit the door, even

if it with a bang, I care less.

For Your lips are now laced with lies,

Your heart is now filled with pretence,

And your ways are far from my desires.

You're surely not the man I once knew

No more kisses...

No more love....

SPIRIT-LIKE

You called me a lair, for

I said I could heal your broken heart and mend your fractured soul.

You called me a voyeur, for

I said I could paint your inner thought and color your withering dreams.

You called a sorcerer, for

I said I could touch the sky and rekindle your faltering star.

O, dear!

Question not my spirit, for

It swells with believe.

Amazing woman

Amazing woman!

Out of emptiness,

she knitted joy

from her broken heart

and painted death

with the colors of the

Rainbow.

MAMA

Of what substance were you made?

A fearless frame in the salient line of battle

Led the way from irking darkness

Though death besieged, less she cared

Willth to seize her breathe for thee

“Save thy child’’, she said

As she holled to give her all

And to reveal heaven’s joy

Of what substance were you made?

That me liveth in thee, and now in thy caring arms

Arms, lined with tenderness and affection

Not do I speak, not do I talk

Tears, tears me shed

But thou knew all I seek

Joy, from thy gilded breasts

Days, nights I called

Days, nights thou answered

Dancing when no music plays

Joking when I understand not

All, to date a grin on my novel face

A grin thou did cherish more than a thousand –shinning- stars

Of what substance were you made?

That thou discount much thyself to tend to me

Treading through ills to guide me right

Even in straitened circumstances

Thou held me tight

Thou held me well

Never to see me lost nor foiled

O Mama! A thousand appreciations shall cry foul

For thy love, care and trust remain unrivaled

For thee, I pray

For thee, I joy

And to thee, I forever owe.

Thank you Mama

SKETCHES OF LOVE

Hold!

Let me beam my spotlight on you

Let me speak of your beauty, in

Soaring rhymes and gilded rhapsody

Let me sketch you, with

Crystal verses of love and lines of litheness

Let me in, in into your heart

To trace every element of your body, and

Naked your forms with vivid words of passion

And sheaves of lust

Hold!

Let me glorify your essence, like

The mountains so high, and

The valleys so low

Let me silent your pains, and

Garnish your smiles

Let me caress you, with

Roses and soulful songs of affection

For every inch of you is beauty

Every inch of you is… poetry.

KING SOLONIUS

Glorious was the day the earth laid eyes upon him

A boy of royal lineage

Born to the aureole of waiting hands

Hands of gold and royalty

His name echoes far and beyond

Piecing walls to reach imaginary land

Whilst fetching smiles that has long been harvested

A fauntleroy in spirited visage

Simple and gentle in ways

Strong and firm in believe

Trouble betide him not, for

He drinks and swims in the sea of joy

Joy, that exceeds mother’s hug

A fountain of pride to his phratry

A rainbow of hope to his ménage

Soft, comely and dearie

Flowers blossom in his presence

Birds tweet to his name

Rivers swells to his touch

Heaven smiles at him, for

He stands all for kindness

Speak loud on equality

And Held love in high esteem

He is the heir

He is the light…

The light from irking darkness

He is the joy

The joy that annihilate sadness, for

He did instill hope to the hopeless

Voice to the voiceless, and

Strength to the strengthless

And come sunrise

The air shall be new

The clouds shall be embroidered

The earth shall be decked

The calves shall be slaughtered, and

The vineyard emptied, unto barrels

All out for pleasure

Smiles and laughter shall echoes wildly

With songs and drums of royalty

Cajoling graceful bodies to sway to graceful tunes

Cos., It’s a new birth

A new era –an era of adulthood

Where he (Solonius) shall sit on raised cushion, with

Maidens of big and lofty eyes

Attired in that, that defines a queen

And with the crown of sovereignty, he

Shall be enthroned…

Enthroned to fulfill the dreams of his fathers

And to lead the multitude -anew

Anew, to better days…

Days, they’ve long awaited

Days they’ve long cherished

And soon, all shall wine

All shall dine, and

All shall hail,

Solonius!

Solonius!

Solonius!

SOLOH AINA

SOLOH AINA: With the pen name "Soloh".  Aina Oluwasegun Yakub is a published poet from western Nigeria, who weaves emotions into verses and paint imaginations with runes.