NGOZI OLIVIA OSUOHA

 

NGOZI OLIVIA OSUOHA

 

I Am Faithful

 

My faith may not be full

But I am faithful

I believe in God

The maker of the whole world.

 

My faith may not be full

But I am faithful

I believe in Jesus Christ

The only son of God.

 

My faith may not be full

But I am faithful,

I believe in the holy spirit

The messenger of God.

 

I believe in the Trinity, the Holy Trinity

God the father, God the son, God the holy spirit

My faith may not be full

But I am faithful.

 

My maker, my saviour, my guardian

My faith may not be full

But I am faithful.

 

I am faithful

Yet my faith fails me

Doubts, fears, wants, needs, desires

Yet I am faithful

Although my faith may not be full

I believe in God, the Father Almighty.

 

 

Hereafter

 

We are passengers and messengers

Onboard this earthly journey

Fading away like stars though we are stars

Moving through the earth

To arrive at our final abode, hereafter.

 

We are strangers at dangers

Waiting for the house owner

Guests we are, lonely and boneless

At the mercy of the landlord.

 

Come on fellow visitors

Cold and dark, the journey

Thirsty and hungry, our stay

Boring and suffering, our night

Hold on, stay put my brethren.

 

It's a desert, deserted

It's a challenge, challengeful

It's a test, detestful

It's a hope, hopeless

March on to match it.

 

Hereafter, our crown

In that Golden land

Hereafter, our glory

In that glorious home

No stranger

No more visitor,

Hereafter, the peace, the rest

That day in that blessed heaven.

 

NGOZI OLIVIA OSUOHA

 

NGOZI OLIVIA OSUOHA is a Nigerian poet/writer/thinker/author. She's a graduate of Estate Management with experience in Banking and Broadcasting. She has featured in over sixty international anthologies and has equally published over two hundred and sixty poems in over twenty-five countries. She has authored twenty-three poetry books and some of them are archived in the United States' Library of Congress. She is also a tailor. Some of her poems have been nominated for both the Best Of The Net Awards and Pushcart Prize. Some of her works have also been translated into and published in some languages, including Spanish, Arabic, Farsi, Macedonian, Russian, Romanian, Khloe, Polish, among others