A TEXT FROM DAD

Son, not mastering your art at first trial,

Doesn't mean you should stop.

You just need to keep turning up

Cos, you are growing without knowing.

Mastery is in practice

Don't get overwhelmed by the task

Just eat your ugly frogs in the morning

And your day will be easy peasy lemon squeezy.

Chryss.

KAYLEB, MY DEAR FRIEND

We knew each other before time began,

We fantasized about changing the world as angels sang us lullaby with chocolates.

We raced to the river Euphrates with squirrels as Adam gave the scores 

Basically, our friendship was ordained.

You're devoted to my dreams,

And always gave me reason to hang on.

We get to a dead end, but your attitude brightens the road.

You're not interested in what I can give you,

Just mere devotion to the purpose we both were meant to do.

All this dreams and hope we shared on chat

The wrongs we wanna make right

And the hope that lay in our rims

Would soon come to reality.

Friendship ain't about transaction

It's not a business

It's about what they can give

But about creating memories and making life worth living.

Be a good friend like dear kayleb.

Chryss

LETS BE FATHERS

Woke up from coziness at 16years old o'clock.

To a breakfast with spiced responsibility

Juiced with selflessness and sacrifices

To keep the family's stomach healthy.

Trained to see beyond the pillow talk

Deep down into the mysteries of dream

Trained to see beyond living

Deep down into the mysteries of life 

Fathers are symbol of hope

They are builders

They are not just tools for making babies

But entities that create a better future

So if you be a young man,

Aiming to be a father,

It's not all about owning a peanut

But, building a future for our predecessors.

Chryss

WHENEVER

Whenever bad voices show up

Telling you how your status quo

Is lagging behind your ideal personality ethics

And how your passion ethics is only a reverie.

Just open your window

Behold the vastness and freedom the sky flaunts

And say to yourself

As free as the heaven is, so am I to create the world I wanna live in.

We have the power to create our world

Show up daily, be consistent

Don't rush and don't quit

Cos a mansion is incoming.

Chryss.

LIVE LEARN AND LOVE

Having Instagramable pictures,

Super duper cool partner

Riveting features, shapes and beauty;

Ain't worth living for, you get bored with em' all

Learning to live

Learning to be a better learner

Learning to love

Makes life better, sweeter and happier.

Chryss.

WE ALL SUFFER

We all suffer, we fight our demons secretly.

We tend to find pleasure condemning others.

Condemned persons, gives us hope and pleasure

We think we are unique in our sufferings.

Our high expectations make us depressed when they fail

Because we are human...

Let's face our humanity,

Let the truth be told

No one is good; except the father of creation

No one is flawless

We are flawed beings, 

So, let's love and accept each other, cos

We all suffer!

IF ONLY, JUST IF ONLY

It all started as an imagination

Then it became a dream

And soon grew to become a responsibility

A reason to hope and live.

Suddenly, flaws showed up

It kept me in bed when I should be up

It made me abuse what I should cherish

It blinded me from opportunities.

Truly, I wanna effect a change

Make life better for my countrymen

Go global grooming God's gospel,

Till all humanity see the wisdom in him

But,

Here I am wishing I could be replaced

I am not fit to do all I wanna do

I wanna wake up and have those dreams no more

So I wouldn't feel like a failure if I didn't do em'

He said:

The only option you've got is to stay up

It doesn't matter how many times you fall

But, your willingness to stand and keep trying

Is all I need to make you the hero you desire.

No matter how strong your flaws are

I am stronger, 

No matter how drenched in sin you be

My blood cleanses best when the stains are darkest.

Chryss

SOMETHING TO DIE FOR

So,

I went on to study

Studying the mistakes of my ancestors

Trying my hardest to avoid taking their path.

But, 

It turns out that;

The more I run away from making mistakes,

The more stupid I become.

Hitherto,

There be treasures to gain in mistakes

It makes us wiser

We should learn from the mistakes of the fathers

Not to avoid it, but to know what to do

When we fall.

Nonetheless,

If you've got something to die for

Or someone to die for

If you've got a dream to die for

Or a passion to die for

Be ready to make mistakes

Don't fret, learn character

Don't cry, be joyous

It's all part of growth.

TOO SAD TO CRY

She had dreams,

Dreams to build a home.

She had hope,

Hope for a better future.

You had dreams

Dreams to exploit and defile her

You had hope,

Hope she won't give you a fight

She walked the street happily

As she flaunt her purity.

You lurk privy with lust

Waiting on when to jump in.

She resisted, you persisted

She gave up, you popped in.

You moaned, she groaned

It ended for you, but the pain started for her.

Women ain't sex objects

Men shouldn't be predators

Women are love in its purest form

Men should protect and not devour them

Say no to rape

You are not an ape

Show the Agape

So love should take a new shape.

Chryss.

I WANT TO BE ABLE

Dear Father

I want to be able to be strong

And live the dreams you laid in my heart.

Every night, 

I sleep on the bed of planning and ambition,

But wake up to see my flaws looking and grinning as my responsibilities hang on the hanger of procrastination.

Dear Father, 

I want to be able to be a good learner,

Every day, I walk the streets of humanity

I see their longing for your intervention

But I come home daily to sit on a couch of distorted thoughts

Juxtaposing my desire to learn with the pleasantness of being the way I am

Dear father

If you be there

Save me from here

So I'd be useful here.

Chryss

JUST A SHORT STORY...

The closer I am to having her,

The more scared I am of losing her.

Because, I figured out I haven't worked on me enough to give her the life she deserves.

How I wished I spent time fruitfully whilst waiting.

Now I realised I'm half a man who found love, but ain't qualified for it

You might call it grace,

But I call it "not being fruitful in time with time"

Be fruitful, spend time wisely cos you never know when your opportunity meets your preparation.

Chryss.

IN LOVE WITH WORDS

It's you, tis always you

Making my heart go ho ho ho

If I'm ever gonna fall in love, twill be you

You make my mind go po po po.

My imagination swims in your cistern

As I imbibe images, mysteries

Rest and fantasies 

All I desire, it's found with you.

Just coil to a corner

And enjoy the nuptial flight with you

As we make babies in the ideology of humanity

In words and with words my empire would be built.

As monastery to a monk

As a nunnery to a Nun

As rifle to a soldier

So are words to a creator..

Use em affectionately

Chryss

THANK GOD FOR HELL

No chance to get it right again

But to eternally be themselves

Where desires is the torturer

And regret ignites the flame 

Due to its horror

Folks wanna live right

And explore the goodies of being humane

If there be no hell,

Would you be good?

Would you give to the poor?

Would you be en route righteousness?

The fear of hell made man wanna be righteous,

Thank God for hell.

About the book

Imagine spending two months in the same room with: Dummy dammy, hustler Nathaniel, breakup artist Tolu, arguer Mofe, Imam Ismael and Mr perfect Franklin.

 

Qua-me-tine is a comic story about how these six black students spent the two month lockdown in kharkov, Ukraine.

Searching for dates online, musing on lame startups and arguing. What more can I say? Just read and laugh.

Twill all be gone

tmight be pretty awful to sit awful to sit home all day, looking at the responsibilities that looms and the limited sources to tackle it. 

everyone might be so glumed, cursing and dejected... this ain't the end of the world; better things are on the way; let us just stay put with God and be ready for the opportunities he'd pour our way

we all shall smile again and would talk about this depression on a rollercoaster of joy and unimaginable ecstasy

Chryss

WHAT MOTIVATES YOU

We have beautiful dreams,

So we seek a push.

We have an ideal personality

So we need a leader

Some have learnt how to push 'emselves

Some seek external forces push em

Some seek the supernatural push em

Some have mastered the rudiment of self believe

In your quest to find motivation

Never leave your dreams unfulfilled.

In your quest  to fulfil dreams

Never lose sight of goodliness.

Chryss.

AFTER THE LOCKDOWN

Happiness would be defined, 

Not based on material acquisitions

But internal disposition.

Folks would realise,

Being happy is a daily choice

A choice to remain calm and hopeful

Even when trouble looms

Folks would let chunks of dreams go,

Cos they spent enough time with themselves

To realise what truly matter to them.

BODY I DESIRE, CHARACTER I LOVE.

Swiping left and right till we be matched

Checking the bio to discern the match.

It all starts with hello and oh, she's not the one

Then we go on swiping.

Headed for the streets to find the one,

Checking her features to see our desires

Then it starts with hello and then, I don't really like her personality

Headed for the club when we feel so bored,

Looking for the night's thing

The desires satisfied, but the soul is empty

Don't be an egomaniacal narcissist

Sometimes, the person you want might not be in the body you desire.

It's not all about getting all your desires in life

It's about having a teammate, with whom you fulfil a purpose on earth.

Don't live to always get,

Live to give

In it, you'll have more pleasure than you've ever desired

Chryss.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SALVATION

Just as the world left its habitation
To feast on the scrumbs of perversion
The beings of the heavenlies were dismayed at the choice. 

Though He made us in his image
To think and act like him
But we went off to wander with self
And left void the hollow of sonship's billows. 

The man of God has to come forth
And feed us with the milk of the word
And to make the world fun
With the light of His word and the blood from His love

When we came to end of self

Grace showed up,

So that if we be wise,

We'd follow the ways of the Father.

Happy Easter people

Chryss.

WHERE MY TREASURES AT?

The earth is beautiful and Rich

Its treasures can feed the world for a zillion years

Its creative potential is endless

And its power to ruin and corrupt is huge.

Fathers build wealth, children sustains

Just like an endless cycle, we keep moving.

Searching, creating, inventing; twill never end.

What we call huge, would be starter for the next generation.

All that be under the sun is vague and meaningless; just as a wise man once said

Why stock up vague substance?

Why kill for vanity?

Earth's main treasure is human

Make the world a better place by investing in them.

Though they be stupid, wicked, braggarts and more

But, that doesn't hide their beauty and efficacy

As you grow and flow

Invest in humanity

In that, you'll be wealthy and happy

And stocked up an everlasting treasure

Chryss.