On a Slow Revolution
Fantastic Ramblings
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#53 – An opiate for the weary mind
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≻: #53 – An opiate for the weary mindToday i’m going to hide a bit of what’s been going on to stay strong Because the thoughts swimming in…
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#52 – HWPO
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≻: #52 – HWPOWhat would I like to be And accomplish from this mission what would change about me From this terrifying and…
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#51 – the path of ghosts
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≻: #51 – the path of ghostsI want to see your ghost to ask if it’s lonely and cold with the lord of hosts In the…
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#50 – Hahaha and a Sunny day
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≻: #50 – Hahaha and a Sunny dayI laugh out beaming like the sunrise to a new year There is a hidden message to be passed with…
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#49 – it’s been great
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≻: #49 – it’s been greatI took a big rest today But I have one thing to say Thank you It’s been great And it’s…
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#48 – Mazel Tov
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≻: #48 – Mazel TovMazel Tov and a lovely New year to you I’m going to the bridge at midnight to admire the view…
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#47 – A bottle of sunshine
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≻: #47 – A bottle of sunshineI was handed some water by a maiden ‘A bottle of Sunshine’ she called it It’s recommended for repose to…
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#46 – Never bet against
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≻: #46 – Never bet againstNever bet against the dice I roll Nor ask them to forgive the money you stole Never knock asking for…
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#45 – tighter than the roots of hardwood trees
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≻: #45 – tighter than the roots of hardwood treesI kissed you like, god damn And a baby’s first taste of vanilla ice cream I licked you like, I…
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#44 – box your flowers
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≻: #44 – box your flowers24 times a million hours And for each second I’ll gift to you 86.4 billion flowers That’s longer than I’ve…
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#43 – A sneak peek from ‘waking in a haze’ 1.0
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≻: #43 – A sneak peek from ‘waking in a haze’ 1.0They raced past stop lights Half an hour before midnight Trying to getaway from the crime scene Looking for a…
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#42 – the shepherds
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≻: #42 – the shepherdsThe shepherds have gone to sleep It’s past their bedtime And as stars glow into night’s deep The light means…
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#41 – Holy Ghost
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≻: #41 – Holy GhostI heard bells ring And a choir of birds sing Nature really does the most Makes you think it’s the…
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#40 – a golden tale
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≻: #40 – a golden taleSlowly and surely We crawl to the ends of all knowings Buried under dusts Of past deeds We lie in…
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#39 – A Winter Solstice’s Question to a Pregnant Virgin
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≻: #39 – A Winter Solstice’s Question to a Pregnant Virgin(It’s an eight line poem broken into thirds) (Read it as 3 verses, then attach each corresponding line from the…
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#38 – the last act
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≻: #38 – the last actWatching the phonograph spin she resembles a mastermind If this is a game you play to win Then, i’m in…
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#37 – Party through the dawn
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≻: #37 – Party through the dawnThrough life’s explosive torrent Grant me this last wish if you can Release me for a moment So I may…
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#36 – What’s your name? Do you remember me
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≻: #36 – What’s your name? Do you remember meI’m not dizzy from the drinks it’s your ballgown that’s put me in a trance I’m might have fallen in…
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#35 – Havas utca V
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≻: #35 – Havas utca VCheers to great nights And a wonderful friendship Memories made through Sun and moonlight The past half decade has been…
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#34 – rest days
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≻: #34 – rest daysThere’s a line between feeling and meaning Show me what you’re made of There’s an ocean between legends and believing…
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#33 – RSVP
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≻: #33 – RSVPHey there What’s your name Oh Franca I’m sorry, I’d hate To missed the party But I have work all…
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#32 – 5 minutes to midnight
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≻: #32 – 5 minutes to midnightYou took me to heaven in the softness of red wine and laid me on clouds to be swept away…
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#31 – This morning the words were alive, tonight everything will be fine
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≻: #31 – This morning the words were alive, tonight everything will be fineBlue fluorescents blink through the alleyway where we met and fucked yesterday There’s a schoolboy there doing graffiti Of a…
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#30 – prelude
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≻: #30 – preludeWe’re walking a fine line Attempting to put things right Yeah, i’m all good and everything is fine But it’s…
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#29 – tired
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≻: #29 – tiredHow do we get it done And still have fun stop the darkness dire Set the blaze afire I didn’t…
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#28 – Ramblings about puffing loud and going down
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≻: #28 – Ramblings about puffing loud and going downDo you hear me loud and clear Bound to the starboard As sirens sing into the air There’s a dozen…
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#27 – on my bicycle
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≻: #27 – on my bicycletoday i rode my bicycle through the streets of my hometown I saw veranda posts from Ile-Ife littering the sidewalks…
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#26 – To Christmas, and For Ever (If I could write a song)
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≻: #26 – To Christmas, and For Ever (If I could write a song)They met outside a summer party turned midnight bar brawl that was when they loved once or maybe twice or…
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#25 – Annemarie and Noel
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≻: #25 – Annemarie and NoelMy shoes got stained with tar During a jog, though I didn’t go that far I took them off outside…
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#24 – Staring at a star
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≻: #24 – Staring at a starI got the idea from the moment we clicked that this match was by the heavens fixed I spent all…
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#23 – the greatest
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≻: #23 – the greatestyou decided to make that house your grave and for that we all called you brave what could i have…
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#22 – slow\flow
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≻: #22 – slow\flowtoday reminds me of a time before there were rules when i just kinda went with the flow today reminds…
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Baiser
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≻: BaiserBonjour mon Cher I’ve reconciled the memories Of years past Loving on the beach Fighting in the bus And fucking…
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#21 – Imaginings
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≻: #21 – Imaginingssomething lies beyond those clouds, at the end of the world i’m sure we’ll find out something hovers on in…
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#20 – Absolution
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≻: #20 – AbsolutionI’m sentimental like leaves in the fall I ebb and flow like the waves of the sea Taking notes so…
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#19 – the quarantine playlists (…kisbaba)
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≻: #19 – the quarantine playlists (…kisbaba)Tears drop into my tea And reflecting in the ripple I see you my darling, and she Love and Life…
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#18 – Bread or Death
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≻: #18 – Bread or Deathblow it all up rather than be in chains resolve for me the ache in my brains windy rain washes…
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Notes from the Miseducation
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≻: Notes from the MiseducationSo I was just writing about being caught up in love and the game getting hooked and strung out getting…
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#17 – First find love, then ask how?
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≻: #17 – First find love, then ask how?Everything means nothing he said after their first fight Let the day shine on your loving But get it out…
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#16 – ramblings in perpetuity
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≻: #16 – ramblings in perpetuityWhat does it mean to care for the world and be overjoyed And where will you be when the final…
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#15 – for the waking haze
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≻: #15 – for the waking hazetoday i read about a wretched victim of what some called divine judgement they say he was a dirty heathen,…
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#14 – No one’s business 2.0
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≻: #14 – No one’s business 2.0I can’t blame you for leaving, if you felt in pain i saw you in a dream and it got…
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Funky tweeter
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≻: Funky tweeterI sometimes doubt if I could change or that i’m still caught up in old ways
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#13 – No one’s business
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≻: #13 – No one’s businessWith you i’m lost in lands unknown you, my oasis in hell and frost take me in your wings you…
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#12 – An isolated toke
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≻: #12 – An isolated tokeCan we be alone once again And learn in solitude Will you call me an old friend And look back…
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#11 – what is my life, without your love?
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≻: #11 – what is my life, without your love?What does it mean to be alive I struggle to answer unpretentiously Some say it is to be found in…
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#10 – the future
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≻: #10 – the futureNo one wants to change the past So they walk on Thinking old things will last But like snakes skin,…
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#9 – Between What I hope and What We Know
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≻: #9 – Between What I hope and What We KnowFrom the loneliness of longing. It will be fine.
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#8 – It’s getting easier
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≻: #8 – It’s getting easierDogged and reiterating we move through this labyrinth. Probing our saviours for despotic attributes. Could fear protect us in the…
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#7 – interlude
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≻: #7 – interludeI made a carrot cake But I still don’t think I can bake I don’t remember how I did it…
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#6 – joy boy
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≻: #6 – joy boyI said a prayer for the earth As I watched this child’s violent birth I saw a mother’s pain give…
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#5 – Knock knock
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≻: #5 – Knock knockA vagabond knocks softly on your door ‘hey baby come outside and have some more’ we’re bitter inside but pretend…
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#4 – Give me a moment
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≻: #4 – Give me a momentI’ve seen heaven’s myriad shades of blue That it’s lords may tell me what to do I was asked to…
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#3 – Waiting for another life
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≻: #3 – Waiting for another lifetake my hand till one of us must go to the idyllic land’s garden plateau draw the clouds upon the…
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#2 – A story to tell
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≻: #2 – A story to tellHe looked in delight At the sight of his newborn child Hearing it’s mild cries Echoing through forest and into…
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#1 The Wisdom of Old
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≻: #1 The Wisdom of OldIn time immemorial i searched for gold and for so long it was beyond my reach now i’m a man,…