Akanni ọmọ Akankẹ́, Akankẹ́ obìnrin bi ọkùnrin
Can you keep a secret?
Secrecy is worth ten thousand titles if not a kingdom
And an ọmọlúwàbí always pays his debt
Akanni, can you know a thing and never speak of it?
Patience turns a waiting lover into a spinster
& Time takes away the novelty of her eventual marriage
Akanni, is now not the time to take a chance?
Impatience turns an enduring lover’s justness into guilt
Now, nobody remembers the pain that forced her blade
Should she have trusted time to bring better tidings?
Ọ̀rẹ́, where the walls have ears, secrets become mouthed songs
Songs that only the initiated know the dance to
& In that garden of concealed meanings, metaphors and parables bloom
Akanni, I have sung songs, where is your dance?
Have you heard of the songbird whose call the heavenly beings await?
It is I, Alani, the love child of Akinyẹle and Abẹ̀ni
If the rise of an ordinary man spells the downfall of a King
Should he now refuse to soar?
Should he trust time to bring better tidings?
All to no purpose is the wait for èbùré’s second fruits
Only once does it bloom and then it perishes
Akanni, is now not the time to take a chance?
Honestly, this is beyond beautiful. Keep it up
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Wow. This is good work
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Hmm….wow
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It*
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Hey L.P Alani… Please Participate in the contest organized by my blog. And share it to your friends. Thank you! I love your blog btw, or has quality content!
Thank you again!
Obie…
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Thank you Sir! 😊 I just might!
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I’m waiting for your entry… Lol..
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Very nice! Welldone
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I love your style.
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Thank you sir. Do well to read my story Adéláìdé and my other full length poems. 🙏
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Hello, i had to come back to drop this comment. This is a very beautiful work.
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Thank you so much. 😆 I put in a lot of time thinking about it so It means a lot to have this said about it. Thank you. 🙏
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I love it! “patience turns a waiting lover into a spinster”….😊
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Nice piece…Alani how do you do it!
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Really nice piece…how do you do it!
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Thank you 🙏😊
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Beautifully written Alani
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Lovely…. Teach me
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Lol please I’m jus a boy too. I’m still learning. 🙏 We can learn together sha 😏😉
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Keep this up dear
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Thanks dear 😊
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Reblogged this on Lifeofdammy.com.
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Thanks for this. 🙏
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