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BEAUTY OR BARRICADE?

Iyanu:
Beauty or barricade?
It's all in the mind.
All the negativity
Think on it,
An epiphany—

All the hurts,
Just a frame
To hold your pain
And make known
Your own name.

Beauty or barricade?
It's all in the mind;
A prison cell
Or a painter's dream?


Kola:
Beauty and the beast called barricade:
Looking out through my soul's window.
At first I couldn't see beyond the barricade.

Like a beam it filled my vision,
Despair came visiting
Like the unwanted guest it is,
It messed up my psyche,
Then... 

I looked beyond the barricade,
To the greenery of the scenery,
The beauty of freedom,
I said to myself:
It's all in my mind.

"Mind over matter,"
"Mind over matter." 
The mantra running through my head,
The beauty or the barricade...


Tokede Kola x Iyanu,
30th January, 2022.

Comments

  1. Kolawole TokedeMarch 1, 2022 at 2:29 AM

    Hits differently🥶
    Excellent piece... If I may say so myself

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    1. IyanuMarch 1, 2022 at 3:06 AM

      lol... No use being pretentious.. Indeed, it does. Thank you, brother.

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  2. TobitevasMarch 2, 2022 at 9:33 AM

    It's all in the mind's eye. What do you see? You may see Barricade, but I see beauty. Beautiful piecyby the TOKEDES

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    1. IyanuMarch 4, 2022 at 1:34 PM

      Thank you kindly @Tobitevas. Your comment means the world. Thank you.

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