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THE ART OF PRETENDING

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 THE ART OF PRETENDING I dress my fear in something beautiful  So the people can believe it. My smile is a mask of deceit If pretending were an art , I'd be a masterpiece . I wake up every day to perform a role  I never auditioned for... I mastered the language of "I'm fine" When I am nowhere near happy Those acts were only a disguise So they never question me. If you smile too much Questions will be asked. If you are sad and moody  Questions will be asked too. So what should I do? So I balance both,  to keep them off guard. At times I pretend to be happy Not to get attention But to navigate the sadness  I perform happiness like a daily ritual Yet no one understands the price I pay. No one hears the silence behind my laughter Even my shadow doubts me. A day will come I won’t pretend My smile won’t be rehearsed My laughter won’t be borrowed And for once— I will exist Without permission. ©DADA OLUWAFEMI 2026.

DARK WORLD

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DARK WORLD We live in a dark world full of evil and good I dwell in a circle of threat,  You always see me in my worried mood My feet is placed on the floor of heat. You see the blind says: Don't focus on me too much, you might fall. While the deaf says: The wall reveal your words, I heard all you said. The rich as a god While the needy as a slave Weak ones belittled in the wicked world. A dark space, scary and suffocating No room for breathing Rules are made, but not kept People's words can split one's neck like a sword I'm connected to pains like an umbilical cord. I want to leave but am trapped. Can't you migrate?  Do you wish to end here? Never do I wish for all this But life happens.i overthink, constantly  I think of how to survive In the dark world, a place of good and evil Bargaining is not an option Find your niche Find your light  And let it guide you. ©Dada Oluwafemi ✍️ 2026.  

THE WEATHER SPEAKS

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 THE WEATHER SPEAKS Early morning, I came out to admire the sun But what I saw amused me like a pun No sunlight, the sky was covered in darkness I thought the time was still around 11:30 pm But to my surprise it was 7:44am. The climate changes, a sign of raindrop. The weather speaks without mouth, Isn't that superficial? It is powerful. I sat , observe the change closely Everyone could tell "The rain is coming heavily". A little drop of water can fill up a bucket, This ain't hyperbole or irony . I tried it, so it's true. Any season is for a reason, The rainy season is a blessing To those out of water. While the sunny season for strong effect on plants  And help to dry up clothes in some minutes. Now you see that the weather speaks And enlighten everyone without his mouth. Nature remain beautiful and educative Negative or positive changes in climate Is not a curse, but a blessing to man. © Dada Oluwafemi 2025.

AFRICAN BLEEDS

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 AFRICAN BLEEDS Can we ever sleep with our  eyes close again? Can we ever move freely without being curious? Can we ever Smile and nod in acceptance... That I love my country? When is all this atrocities going to end? African bleeds, as the people weep Sorrow here, sorrow there like a beep It all happen so fast and unexpected Only the sad news spread with a teary wings.  Human beings are slaughter like animals Blood flows like a stream in every vicinity Where's our dignity? For Godsake, killing never ends Sorrow never fades  yet the Government sit and assume all is fine . Do we even have a President? Is he alive? He act like a dead man  Because his presence is not felt His orders ends at his doormat ,  His voice echoes in their house not to the country All this dey sele u dey ask wetin dey play? Na who e no happen to go say Nigeria is fine While other citizens dey suffer alots . Our flag represent what again? No be unity? But na insanity... Dey play everywh...

LONELINESS IN THE CROWD

  In the midst of interrogation With different perspectives, different faces Different discussions and different conclusions Also, different situations and different cases. I stand as a subject Not the subject matter  but one that doesn't matters An alien in gathering of the living Only one thing stands out Which is for better. Am hurt inside, busy in my head Rhetorical questions flow in like a river But where I stand I shiver Cuz, my words don't count to anyone Leave or love it  I remain real to myself. Enough of this insults! I can't take it anymore You're a human, I am human too So why turn deaf ears to my words? To my doings , To my way of life Is that not cruelty. The world we all lived in Is built with cruelty not purity Whatsoever happens in it  Take it as a phase of live In time everything will change Loneliness won't exist And your smile will be restored back. ©Dada Oluwafemi 2025.

Light vs Darkness

 Light vs Darkness Darkness said, No one can stand against me Light replied ; I can comprehend thee But we are friends, Darkness said. No we are not , we are enemies. I will shine bright even in the dark But you will go dim in the dark Ain't you ashamed? I'm more useful than you darky! Make jest of me ,mimick and  even insult me I will pay a visit in your happy hour To ruin it, haunt you and destroy thee Then , you will know my worth. In my ebb and flow, I'll still flow In my darkest times, the light still show up for me My shadow speaks in parables Only thy lights can highlight it Thou darkness can't you be useful once? © Dada Oluwafemi ✍️ 10/12/24.