Afolabi Olatunji Farouk  
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Joined 25 April 2017


Joined 25 April 2017
7 AUG 2023 AT 23:57

Sometimes, I feel on top of the world
Sometimes, I feel so low
Sometimes, I feel like I want to unlock all the secrets of the Universe
But, all I want is to climb the walls you have built around your heart

Sometimes, I want to climb the tallest building
They say it's the closest to paradise
Sometimes, I want to go deep in the ground
They say it's the finish line of man's journey in life

Sometimes, my feelings overwhelm me
So much that I lose control
Sometimes, I want to feel something
But it all gets numb

All the time, I want to be human
With wishes that could be granted
With fears that I can overcome
And all the love the world can give

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2 SEP 2022 AT 22:31

Heavy is the head that leads
Loads on his shoulder, he bleeds
A lot on his mind, turning like grills
He sighs as much as he breathes

A skilled hunter, bullets in breeze
Every day with it's suspense and thrills
Body full of sweats, yet no meals
Feelings so loud, it silently kills

Valleys of values, or less
His whole life, a big mess
Surving the next minute is a guess
Heavy is the head, yet crownless
Men are just pawns on chess

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1 NOV 2021 AT 20:48

I want to travel
out of this space
faraway to a place
where I'm left with marvels

where I'm left with my past deeds, thoughts
and permutations bout the future
where there're no riches to flaunt
nor beings that are poor

where feelings are pure
and evil cannot lure
where I get what I wish for
and every disease has a cure

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31 OCT 2021 AT 17:37

"Is love ever enough?", man thought
just as he awoke to the new day
The new love circumstances have brought
in person of a damsel, an angel, a dame

"Will my sacrifices be enough? ", man pondered
as he rose from his rest, about to start the new hustle
He has given his all, to prove his love
but the angel, he thought was new
has had a devil of old
One, she seemed not recover from

"Can I focus on my new love?", damsel wondered
My devil is still wandering, yet in my heart
but man has given his everything to this love


As both thought, wondered and pondered,
the devil laid in wait,
looking for the perfect moment to strike
as the hurt he has given the damsel, isn't enough,
he wanted more

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29 SEP 2021 AT 3:01

Deeply, I cried and screamed like no one was hearing
I needed some miracle, I needed to breathe again
Alive but I wasn't living
I wallowed in pain, red from my veins

My heart shattered into a million pieces
I knelt, bleeding and crying, woeful feelings mixed
I stood with my hand, fell back on the ground, dizzy
It felt like I was running on luck and it got jinxed

All hell let loose, my demons torturing me
I could feel my skin burn
I was being punished, my soul was wrapped in
Karma was touching every soul, it was my turn

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28 MAY 2021 AT 13:53

deja vu of different faces
same delicacies with different tastes
words repeated, feelings expressed
is the war lost or just a few battles?

mind rushed by hurt from a sequence of feelings
heart pierced with a shadow of unreciprocated love
broken into a series of shattered pieces
an extrinsic destabilized focus repeated without halt

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11 OCT 2020 AT 5:35

I'm pained, I'm crying
Do I have a future?
For success, I'm vying
Trying to heed my tutors

I strive for education
Just to achieve meticulation
Then, after the convocation
No work, like I'm on a vacation

But then I've got to look good
I don't want to feel like I'm suffering
I step out from the sun till the moon
The protectors keep bothering

No money on me, they still pestering
I committed no crime, they could find no evidence
Yet, my life, they keep threatening
Fingers on triggers, my life on the fence

I felt I could voice with words rhyming
Coupled like I'm dropping some bars
But that's what my brothers sisters are experiencing
Bottom line, all I want to say is #EndSARS

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5 JUL 2020 AT 23:08

Love is driving me insane
I'm screaming so loud in silence
So no one can hear me
I'm afraid of the hurt
My heart beating fast
My mind bleeding
My soul suffering


I want my sanity
But is it far-fetched?
I wake up very early
With tears in my eyes
I wonder if I cried in my sleep
I wonder if my soul died
If my body is wrecked


Somebody help me
I'm dying in silence
Love was my enemy
Loneliness cured me
But love didn't repent
It trapped me once again
And I'm jailed now and forever

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2 JUL 2020 AT 12:07

The dew dropped on my skin
My sheets rough
My back felt soft
And my limp tips, hard
As my feet fell on the ground
They felt rather large
My whole weight on my knees
I stood straight up and looked around

My finger fell on my eyes
The corner of my eyes, itchy
My lashes, twitchy
The balance of my sight, restored
My vision, clear

What exactly did I feel?
Right before the conscious
Was it the realm of the spirits?
Or a realm of my own making?
The dark rush of feeling
The light beside it
Sometimes, the scenes were precise
Other times, they weren't

My mind shifted it's focus
From the uncertain realm
Into my supposed reality
A new challenge felt close
And I was ready!

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19 JUN 2020 AT 14:27

Desire pushes the mind,


Indolence pulls.








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