NUMBERS AND POWER

They said if you believe as one

Then the game is as good as won

I took this with me and wondered

Seeking, I became a wanderer

They said one head is inferior to a good two

I thought about this too 

I made my brain a toolbox 

I, myself working together

Have you seen power in the count of three? 

How at the end the athletes go free? 

As if their lives are on the line to retrieve 

Alas, the taste of freedom

Three is power, perfection is a square of four 

Those not against, with us they're for

May we be on guard that we may not fumble 

And be regretfully trapped in our own bubble

Four is perfection, five is a star 

How cocky we were as youngsters 

A dark night is best when it's starry 

A shooting star will leave you starstruck 

(But life is not always one big party) 

Five is a star, six is a circle 

Things you find important, encircle 

There's nothing in life as being too careful 

After the sixth, they say you find heaven 

The day of rest was called Seven

Set apart by God to serve Him 

The years of a strong man is seventy 

The say the number seven is heavenly

Seven is complete; eight is twice perfection 

A circle that touches itself and starts anew 

You marvel at the beauty and stroke up your chin

See as life is constantly being renewed..

Iyanu, 28/10/23.

HAVEN'T FOUND THE ANSWER YET

I searched the four corners of the wind

I listened hard, I heard the birds sing

I saw them take to flight and fly free

I saw power in their wholesome wings 

I went deep down the ocean depths 

The primordial power of the earth I felt 

Was ever so majestic the deeper I went

Words fail to capture the essence 

I climbed the mountains of the highest peaks

Caught the sunrise on the tallest trees

Saw so much beauty that I couldn't breathe

Saw greatness that made my heart to freeze 

In high spirits, but my energy spent 

Still seeking answers, but I couldn't make a dent

I searched the secrets of the seven seas

I was put to bed by the gentle breeze 

It doesn't matter if I spend my last cent  

These answers are worth more per every cent 

Yet on my strength I can't depend 

To the grace of God, I must defer

For in the fire, I found no answer

In the earthquake, I heard no response 

In the thunder, there was no reply 

But in the gentle wind, my God will speak

(In the gentle wind, my God will speak)

(In the gentle wind, my God will speak)

(In the gentle wind, my God does speak)

(And the answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind)...

Yussuf Rahma x Iyanu Tokede

20th October, 2023.