Reflections
Of Order in Chaos
©Dr Joel Akande 2009
Perplexed I have been, to untie the knots of life
Taken aback by the diversity
and the complexity of simply forms
I have, like any rational being, been thrown in their midst
Trying to make sense of the anarchy in.. Get More Poems or Continue Here
The Diamond is Polished
©Dr Joel Akande 2009
Gold is quarried from the innermost earth
As platinum come from the deepest pit
Diamond is mined from the dirtiest portion of the soils
Humans are born with grime hanging around him
Deceit
©Dr Joel Akande 2009On Human Suffering
©Dr Joel Akande 2009
The birds have their feathers
The sheep are clothed with furs
The snake have their scales
So the sea animals and mountain beasts
Standing tall on bi-foot and in wisdom
Man is left to his devices
Unclothed and in full glare
the human predicament... Get More Poems or Continue Here
The Human Condition
©Dr Joel Akande 2009
Mercy aborts its journey
In the heart of mean men
Hunger ravage the land
When wisdom vacate human mind
And toiling hand, yields an empty
Beautiful Earth
©Dr Joel Akande 2009
I take pleasure in this glorious earth
The greatness of the blue sea
The slivery moon reflecting upon the rising waves
The sun setting in the horizon of the deep blue ocean
The whales peeks to grasp air from the ever present ocean
Consider the mountain
The peaks filled with ice and snow
Fogs bellowing from the hill top
Animals run there and hither in pleasure
As man seek the treasure... Get More Poems or Continue Here
The human perfection
©Dr Joel Akande 2009
The brain is encased to protect from injuries
That man may function without hindrance
The eyes , the human light, to avoid stumbling
The ears so placed to perceive sound and help human balance
The nose for perfect breathing and smell
And the tongue in mouth, a treasure to taste and talk
The human neck a support and passage
The chest a secure home for the great exchangers of lungs and Pump
The abdomen, to contain the liver, gut and pancreas:
the enormous and long processors of food and water
The terminal orifice of anus to allow... Get More Poems or Continue Here
The incarcerated soul
©Dr Joel Akande 2009In towns and cities, the massive gate a sign
the immense thick wall a symbol;
The numerous cameras are eyes in the sky
The fierce and smilelesss guards a mark
Of the souls , in chains, are deprived of liberty
From the street inward, the doors number to ten
Each made of mixed oak and iron
Secured front and back: By a set of crossing iron bars
That runs north to south, east to west
To deprive the soul incarcerated
In a space of miniscule size, in a stench so pungent
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