Ofem Ubi

HEART TRANSPLANT

June 29 2016

Lord my heart's failing And with quaking lips i ask for a new heart transplant I made human hearts my model but with each heart implant i still fall short of expectations Therefore, Let not my heart be like Judas Who sold you for 30pcs If only he knew...

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GRACE ABUSE

June 28 2016

GRACE ABUSE The most common and most treacherous kind of abuse ain't sex,child or drug It's Grace And i am a Number1 convict of this crime And if i were to be punished Even hell as an eternal life sentence won't commensurate with my deeds I need no more...

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I KNOW GIRLS(SELF LOVE)

June 27 2016

I know girls who are trying to follow the ride into the social status quo Like reducing their diets to become skinny I know girls who are purpose lost,barbie driven and confused I know girls that wonder if they're feet-sweeping and voluptuous enough to...

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I KNOW BOYS

June 24 2016

Like squeezing to fit into their skinny jeans I know boys who are low self esteemed,less dignity and alcoholically obsessed I know boys that ponder if they're handsome and six packed enough to suit in I know boys who are fleeing arrows from the bows of...

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SAFE JOURNEY

June 18 2016

I saw tears flood the compound Family and friends trooped in like recruits for war People with polluted breath Faces wearing the color of death And my lungs longed for air But even the atmosphere was possessed with the stench of your demise Days turned...

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SHE LEFT

June 18 2016

Of course she had to try new options I was too dumb to think she would wait forever My prepubescent mind was blind to the sight of(maybe's) Maybe my lobe was too skinny for her Never occupied the space she needed like matter I let young emotions erupt...

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2:00 AM

June 18 2016

It was 2:00 am And the growling caged sounds that escaped from the lungs of these men suffocated my boldness Entrusted into the able hands of panic As i drowned in a sea of questions Hoping to float with an answer Fear hung around my neck like the pendant...

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HELL SHALL THY

June 16 2016 , Written by Ofem Ubi Published on #poetry

So here i sit, On a hostel bed carelessly maltreated by it's customers As my thoughts begin to get obsessed with the idea The idea of church,religious leaders,doctrines And the infinite list of conditions mailed out by modern day pastors for heavenly...

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Dear lecturer

June 14 2016

This is a message from a wounded heart Whose white walls have been stained by the black paints of your actions Whose tear bleeding heart you squeezed the very day you trespassed the gates of my skin You ventured into my Paradise of pleasure I was insecure...

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I will wait

June 14 2016 , Written by Ofem Ubi Published on #poetry

Dear Eve. ,I know we haven't met yet but At night the organs of my thoughts bed wet with fear Every morning i mournWith torn robes of my heart And ashes covering the scalp of my skull i wonder Why teens like us bury ourselves in a casket of false love...