Wednesday, March 4, 2009

…EARTH………. 12PM…?!!!!!





Today was bore by yesterday
I shot the seed into the earth yesterday
And Today I am told to uproot
“Uproot!” They advised.
“Why did you plant?”, they asked.

12pm, I have decided to uproot
I cry when I think of uprooting
Uprooting the same seed I planted
As I uproot I shed tears and blood.
“Dig dig and dig”, they commanded.
I dug and they laughed.

But I have seen people harvest
Why can’t I?
“SHUT UP!”
I follow suit with shaky voice…
I would have loved the harvest.
I SWEAR! Am sorry!

Good bye unknown fruit, good bye seed
Will I see you again?

These is my sorry-heavy heart
Am sorry!
I will plant again!

SOB! SOB! It’s 12 P.M.

BYE
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22 comments:

  1. NaijadudeMarch 5, 2009 at 6:24 AM

    hmmm thats quite deep and interesting!!

    Nice blog....

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  2. brapMarch 6, 2009 at 6:14 AM

    mmm thats something. It hurts not to be able to harvest what you planted

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  3. JayMarch 6, 2009 at 6:15 AM

    So who is forcing you to uproot the seed? i detect hidden meanings here but my brain is fighting me today.

    Nice blog, thanks for stopping by at mine xx

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  4. ArtsvilleMarch 6, 2009 at 6:46 AM

    One can write a story of out this, you know.
    Nice.

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  5. GeebeeMarch 6, 2009 at 8:03 AM

    Man, you’ve got ‘it’ and I see you doing this on a much bigger stage pretty soon. That was one helluva deep one. Hmmm, I could go over this a million times. Regret is unnecessary in whatever we do. The past is the past. The task is to make the present and the future better even if it means having to shut up and plant again and again. . . Meanwhile, I just heard from the grapevine that Geebee has been nominated on naijabloggersaward for BEST STUDENT BLOG. Please show this brova some love and go vote from 12 midnight today. Cheers.

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  6. JintaMarch 6, 2009 at 1:57 PM

    are you referring to nigeria?

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  7. ButtercupMarch 6, 2009 at 5:02 PM

    that was really good..

    thanx for stopping by!

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  8. m1keMarch 6, 2009 at 9:31 PM

    @naijadude: thanks
    @mogaji: it really hurts
    @word merchant: you can crack your brain then report what you understood
    @artsville: lets try it
    @geebee: nice thoughts will consider voting for u
    @jinta:Hmmmm
    @buttercup: thanks

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  9. The ActivistMarch 7, 2009 at 2:30 AM

    This is insightful.Thanks for dropping by my blog. BTW, I am a woman not a man (lol)

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  10. ZenaMarch 9, 2009 at 6:03 AM

    same here, found it interesting, thanks for stopping by mines

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  11. BibiMarch 9, 2009 at 8:20 AM

    why do i have the feeling that there are hidden meanings in this? hmmm, well nice blog and thanx for stoppoing by mine

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  12. CourtneyMarch 9, 2009 at 11:02 AM

    hey mike, after seeing you stop by my blog, i had to come check you out. i really like your writing style. you've truly got a lot of talent.
    i look forward to reading more in the future!

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  13. Tari. NMarch 9, 2009 at 1:13 PM

    lol@ wordmerchant's comment...I think i have an idea but i'm not sure..Forgive my uncomprehensiveness (is that a word?? lol)
    Love the way you write anyway..
    Laters!!!!
    F.

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  14. AnonymousMarch 9, 2009 at 4:13 PM

    off the hook man.. really deep man.. thx for stopping by

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  15. TrishMarch 9, 2009 at 6:36 PM

    Awww, really nice and very deep poem! I love it!! Good job! :)

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  16. poeticallytintedMarch 9, 2009 at 11:13 PM

    Why does this make me think of abortions and never to be born babies? How the fear of society's recrimination forces young people who've made poor choices to make uninformed decisions. And how the system in Nigeria offers little or no help to such people. Even with this i can still find a million and one interpretation to this poem. Served hydra-headed, just the way i like it.

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  17. dougMarch 10, 2009 at 10:35 AM

    Hmm, this can apply to God knows how many things. It reminds me of Bob Marley's song:

    "...everytime I plant a seed, he says kill them before they grow"

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  18. TigeressMarch 16, 2009 at 10:34 AM

    eeemmm...is this about a woman you got pregnant?

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  19. AnonymousMarch 17, 2009 at 6:06 PM

    whats planting....lol

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  20. UnknownMarch 31, 2009 at 4:29 PM

    I love d simplicity of dis,yet very deep..And it speaks volumes too,wonder what inspired u to write dis.. U wanna come tell me in secret?

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  21. SOLOMONSYDELLEApril 3, 2009 at 7:50 AM

    wow, very deep

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  22. DiAmOnD hawkApril 9, 2009 at 5:31 PM

    it kinda sucks when you've put your heart and soul into something and then you're snatched away from it... or it's taken away... there's a reason for everything... one can only continue to remain positive/optimistic and keep doing what you do best...

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