Wednesday 13 September 2023

I STILL MISS YOU.

I still miss you, that’s what is ringing in my mind

Nights are lonely; days are becoming so sad,

So I pick my pen and paper to write

About the  love that we shared and times we had

The games we played and the music we heard

Like a famished baby missing its suckling breast milk…I still miss you

Like a girl missing her candy sweet…I still miss you

I still feel you like a guy missing the chocolate on his lover’s lips

Like a square hole missing the square peg

I miss the way you used to make them beg.


I remember that fateful day I met you

I was lonely with no friend to hang with like a statue

You came into my world with a big bang

You gave me a brand and big smile

You told me you love my style as we said our first “hi”

I still can’t believe you left without saying goodbye

Deep in my mind I keep wondering why

Cos from the bottom of my heart…I still miss you.


You invaded my world with magic my sweet friend

Like five and six together we just blend

I can’t forget how people used to be jealous of our company

They always say together we seem clever and cunning

But the truth is you kept me coming

Always at my back preventing me from falling

Even when others are backstabbing, you stood by me

And told me to be outstanding.


I still miss the season of seasons

The season we lived together for a sole reason

The time we shared together is like a shooting star

Though it was short but those times with you I felt like the superstar

The times we sang and danced to the rock star

And those times we made each other feel like a real gangster

We ate and drank sharing equally our loaf of bread

We shared our dreams; we even shared our little bed

Sleeping with you was fun cos' you always tell stories

that made us go red.


 I remember your words so soft and tender

I remember the smell of your cream beyond others

Though I never remember us bath together

But I remember we read and solved math's together

Our life was twine from different angles

Then I believe it takes more than one just to tangle

 

I still miss you my brother and my friend

You are more than this to me cos' then you weave in deep in more than any other

The day I heard of your demise, I felt life’s crazy remix

When I didn’t hear from you for long I knew something was amiss

I was told you fell sick before your final exit.

I felt bad remembering together in the room we are fantastic four

You, Bayo, Molar and I always hustling to get the fork

We shared our joy and pain together, constantly gyming to keep in form

That day we lost a friend (Kunle DMX) we fought side by side in the struggle

Even those times were tough but we still won the battle

Now with you there is no forever

Because you are already by Babylon’s River.

We started together from elementary but it so

Sad you are lying low in the cementary.

 

I still miss you Seun Ralph

Looking through my pictures, I still feel you

I miss your outfit that tend to stand you out

Your trendy big trousers and many shirts by Ralph Lauren

No wonder they called you Seun Ralph, so tall like a Giraffe.

I still miss those raps you taught me

Tupac, Nas and Biggie you always bestowed me.

I remember the time we plaited our hair

And everyone thought we were crazy flying in the air.

You inspired me in your little way friend

You brought out the game in me,

Though your character was questionable

But most people still found you fashionable

Not forgetting how you iron a shirt spending hours on the table

 

I still miss you like the last girl that left

Giving me no notice, turning my heart from right to left

I kept it together but I still shed little tears on my bed

Even though that was the first time, the miracle was

For a while so I had to learn to shift gears on time

She cried, I cried till the rivers run dry.

Seun Ogunseye tribute to you as we carry you in our heart till we die

I burn out candles for you in a moment of silence,

I still miss you friend as your Gentle Soul Rests in Peace

Out of this world of violence.

 

 GOONIGHT….Not Goodbye

 

TO ALL THE FALLEN HEROES....  OUR HEART GOES OUT TO YOU.

Yommybishop (13th September 2011)



Thursday 24 August 2023

A GOOD EYES.



I have an Eye for Good things, this i'm about to but to Ink.

I have an Eye for Good things; this is the story i'm about to Sing

Good things are created, they are not calculated
They are made for us to be evaluated
Always near us so we will be elevated.

Good things are all around us, 
Every step we take they all surrounds us
They are beautiful,elegant, and exquisite.
Spread over like rainbow so Explicit.
Good things are not always the right thing 
But the right thing is always the good thing
Which is why all that is Gold is ever glittering.

I have an Eye for good thing, this is my true and absolute confession,
Good shoes, good clothes, good cars
Good houses even good Ladies all this I want in my possession.
These things are not easy to gather
It takes hard work and Gods Intervention together.

I have an eye for good things, that's why I am a Property Manager.
Good ladies that have great things
Good booty, good chest, and good round thing that's called a blessing.
Ladies that are structurally done and intellectually sound 
Ladies that have things that make my heart skip around.

"Don't you ever wonder why my eyes are so big"
I have an Eye for good things; this is why my eyes are not so thin. 
I see and I visualize the potentials in everything.
My Focal point is sharp and my lens so distinct 
This made me to capitalize on my very Instinct.

I have an eye for good things
That is why i am putting it to ink
I have an eye for good things
This is why i think, I have an eye for you..!
                                                                        Yommybishop.....August 2010


Friday 9 June 2023

DEATH CONDOLE HEALTH

Over the deep blue sea
Towards the Indiana ocean
A message was passed across
Filled with pensive emotions
How more sadder could this be
Death defeated health for all to see.

She fought for us all to be healthy
By being the voice of the helpless and the needy
Brought sanity and decorum to the system
By her an illicit drug illegality was stemmed
She was a catalyst, an agent of change
Took the risk for you and i beyond the page.

An Administrator, internationally acclaimed Pharmacist
A technocrat, deligent and so explicit
Against impunity her voice was stiffened
Until yesterday that death and health became even.
We will forever remember your good works
As you rest on the bosom of your good Lord.

Rest in Peace; Professor Dora Akunyili (NAFDAC DG)

by:  Yommy Bishop (9th June 2014)

Friday 2 December 2022

TILL WE MEET AGAIN….(BANJOLAT)

 

Heard the church bell ding
The sadness in the cock crow sings
The sudden wailing of dust,
Tears in the cloudy sky waiting to burst
Heard their weeping in the kings palace
In the market place, the town cries alas!
Their bitter whisper is heard in schools
Of a fallen hero, the doyen of academics and books

Upon the branches of our heart for you this poem is written
Soaking tears in handkerchiefs, meditating for a reason
The love you gave, the love you shared
The tenderness that softened, against evil your voice was toughened.
On the path that led us here
And all those times you are always there.
Your footsteps are remembered never to be forgotten
Your good works are felt and seen
Your words boldly written on the tablet of our heart as creed
Bida calls out for her Registrar
Ori-Ade calls out for her Chairman
The Academy calls out for her Proprietor
Ipetu-Ijesha calls out for her son
As we all watch with heavy heart the sleeping and glooming sun.

I sat on the stool mulling
Lost in pensively mouth drooling
Pages in my mind began to flap
A panoramic review like a tap
Of the love that bound our hearts
All our family line is written
Joy & Pain, Happiness & Gain
These sweet Aromas will forever remain.

You kept us all together; you are rare gem more than a father.
Only if our tears could build stairs to heaven
And bring you back to our level.
Only if one more time you can give your hug
And say to us again your wise words
But I heard you telling us to be strong
That you are with the Lord singing a new song
We saying our good night Daddy
As the stars blink gently in the sky
Till we meet you again our Hero, in that place
Where there’s no more reason to cry.


*Yommybishop 2012.*.....

May your Gentle Soul rest in Perfect peace.....CHIEF. BANJI OLATONA  (Sobaloju of Ipetu Ijesha Land) -(1936-2012)

Thursday 3 November 2022

MY MIRACLE


Though friendship doesn’t come always
But what we have is more than friendship in all ways
What we have is a miracle.
A miracle to love and a miracle to care,
A miracle to show you how much we dare.
A miracle that makes me look in your eyes always and be filled,
A miracle that makes me hear your voice always and take the lead.
A miracle that see you smile and get me lifted,
A miracle that makes me understand the ANGELs we are
And how we need each other to fly and be uplifted.
 
Baby you are the wings that I have needed to lift me,
You are the part I have needed to complete me.
You are my strong side where I am weak;
You are my good side where I am bad and bleak.
You are the song I can’t get tired of hearing
because you are the sweet rhythm to my soul.
You are the music I can’t stop playing
because you are the melodious sound to my heart, and Only you make me whole.
Though true friendship doesn’t come always but since you came my way,
I have learnt to LOVE and cherish you in all ways.
You are a light to my world;
You are my Miracle today and forever more.
 
Yommy bishop Rules….(November 3, 2012)

Thursday 18 August 2022

THE PROPOSAL



Good Morning Dear,

Today I woke up to think very strongly of you
Though its been 2 years that we met
But this month makes the 6th month that I totally
Opened my heart and soul to you.
Not that I've not loved you all this while
But it was then full of doubts and fear
This made me withdrew at a point, just to be clear
Then, the cloud became dark and I became confused
So many ladies around me, wanting to seduce
They all trying to gain my attention
I ran back to God for a new direction
Then back you came, with a renewed affection.
I opened my heart once again
And made the corridor of my soul accessible to your reign.

I have loved you ever since
With every little thing in my bone
I have stayed true to you alone as a woman of my own
Though we are different
I believe our differences should make strong
Since we have a unifying factor
Which is the God our creator.
God in us is the hope of glory,
He alone knows our temperament
He alone can make our story.

I want to be your friend so also you mine
I want you to be my best friend
Through the sand of time
I want to grow with you and mature with you
I want to be your King and you my Queen
I want to love you with all my being.
I want your commitment not just engagement
I want your involvement in my God given assignment
I want you in me and me in you
Oneness and Togetherness
To be the reason for our existence.
I pray our mind is renewed
From now on
In a Godly view.

Abayomi
The Bishop of your heart (July 2016)

Friday 5 August 2022

INK TO PINK

I'm picking my ink to write a new song
Your name on my lips so sweet ;a pink to speak in tongues
I have waited so long but now it’s my turn
To show you how the love in me for you burns.
                
I’m picking my ink for a love song to sing
Your thought tickles my hearth and makes my bell to ring
You are better than others; it’s only your smile in me that pings
I need you to fly cos am just a man with only one wing
I need you to complete me as an Angel so we can both swing
Together we can climb the highest mountain and forever we'll win.
 
I'm picking my ink for you to be my identity
I'm writing these lines out of emotional curiosity
Welcoming you to my world of Love and Reality
I will hold you in my hands and give you Care and Security
Magnanimously will I revolve you with Gift and Charity
I will take you on a trip of Life and Sanity
And write you more lines filled with great Words of Purity.
 
I'm picking my ink just to make my point straight                               
Relating with my Pink, so my love she won’t underestimate
Even though I’m out of the ship to walk on waters
I still can smell your Rose in the garden of my lonely quarters
You are Black and Berry, your smile pings me like a Sweet Mother
You are the margarine spread on my bread, a taste of a beautiful butter.
The sweetness in my tea, my only Brown Sugar
With you, on and on my soul will forever linger.
 
I don’t do Rhymes for all
But I give it only to one
She that makes my fire burn
And makes me drink no Rum.
Tell me how many lines I must write to make a beautiful rhyme
Tell me how many rhymes I must create just to make you mine
Tell me how many steps to take just to be on time
Cos' Love without you could be a Crime.


©Yommy Bishop 2015