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)

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)

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)

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

POSTHUMOUS

We thought of you with love today

But that is nothing new.

We thought of you yesterday

And days before that too.

We thought of you today

Of those lovely words you used to say

Those times we played

With the family you prayed.

We thought of you today

Of strength, wisdom and vigour

The battles you won

And your keen understanding of honour.

We thought of your care and your love

Of those times we look to you above

Your gentleness so amiable

And a lifestyle so admirable

You were a friend to us all

Always there to heed our call

The family at large misses you

Several years has past, we still feeling you.

"Happy POSTHUMOUS Birthday Uncle Morakinyo"

Continue to Rest in Peace………Only if 30th April could ‘’Undo’’.

Yommy Bishop...... 3rd May 2016

MUSINGS OF AN ANGRY HUNGRY MAN.

Last night I was angry

This emotions enveloped me

And made me sickening.

Last night I was hungry

I couldn't strike a match

Even though I have food in my kitchen.

Last night I was angry

Wondered why life seems impossible

Even when you tried to be capable.

Last night I was hungry

Hungry for the bread of affection

Yet no food for my ingestion.

Last night I was angry

About the people you entrust

But they are just so self engrossed.

Last night I was angry and hungry

Could it be the fatigue from this journey

Or the stress involved in this emotional tourney.?

Last night anger engulfed me, hunger revolved me.

Is the Devil playing tricks on me

Or God is calling me to reasoning.?

Last night I couldn't sleep

So I prayed to God never to forsake me

And never to leave me perplexed for any reason

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Be my light oh Lord, 

Guide me through the darkness of this world.

Yommy Bishop 25th April 2016©