If Ever by Frank Malaba

If ever there was anything more beautiful than life

It would never exist.

If ever there was anyone more beautiful than you

They would be a liar.

If ever there was a dream that was more real than us

It would be insane.

You make my wings grow out of my back

And you make me soar above the skies

To places unknown that I never thought existed.

If ever there was a poem truer than this

It would never be.

The only truth I know to be,

That pumps oxygen into my being

Is that you and I are born from love.

That no one can ever strip away from our very souls.

Thief And Chief by Kufre Udeme

The thief ambled round the palace garden.
He had a lion face, and cobra eyes;
You couldn't fear him anywhere.
He appeared as a Chief; he put on a crown and robe
And sat on the throne as a Chief
And the elders said:
'What a lamb face he has, what dove eyes!
How clever he looks!
You could fear him anywhere!'

The thief was sitting on the throne as the chief
He had a lamb face and dove eyes;
You could fear him anywhere.
He appeared as a thief; he put on thief's clothes - full of pockets
And ambled round the palace garden.
And the elders said:
'What a lion face he has, what cobra eyes!
How foolish he looks!
You couldn't fear him anywhere!'