Hair as soft as silk
Skin as pale as milk
Ears adorned with rings
Voice that gives words wings

She keeps it simple
But a little mystery, she sprinkles
Don’t try to understand her
Except you have forever

Blue-eyed Russian Empress
Not easily impressed
Her nails are always painted to match her mood
Be careful, she has a South African dude

– Osasu Oviawe

My dad was always in a hurry to give
And never hesitated to forgive
He thought first of his neighbour
Before any established culture

My dad believed in unity
Especially in the strength it gives to family
He always gave excuses for people’s failings
And smiled through any circumstances

My dad loved his children above all
He always had our back
Even when he disagreed on principle
He always listened to understand

– Osasu Oviawe

It always starts with a thought
Beauty sought
Lust stoked
And then a heart unequally yoked

It is fuelled with enchanting words
Fickle bonds
Future mortgaged
And then a mind willingly caged

It is reinforced with purposeful deeds
Vanity seeds
Covetousness gratified
And then a love child

– Osasu Oviawe