happy anniversary

I sit and pounder how things were a year ago
how things have change
how people are not the same
how nothing is going to be like it was ever again
but most importantly I wonder
how I have become a totally different person
well I guess change is the only constant thing

Banji Coker

aquiver

thoughts of you disturbs the soul
terrifying the spirit
with all the things not said
with all the left undone
I pounder upon your return
but I fear im not strong enough
to face my fears
to see your face
this is not love
this is not hate
this is uncertainty
caused by love once made
the only thing that remains
is the aquiver of the heart

Banji Coker

minstrel of the tides

oh minstrel from hell
whose voice evoke tidal waves
in the sea of my heart
her smile initiates canal thoughts
in my mind
loving her is a crime
her aura is screaming out bad
but im under her spell
and im sure she will definitely be my end

Banji Coker 

city skyline

there is something about the city skyline
that assures me that a stranger is mine
she’s out there
feeling some kind of emptiness inside
she might be with some guy
who cant figure how to treat her right
or maybe she's alone
and also staring at the sky
I know I don't know who she is
and she doesn't know me
but whoever she might be
I want her to know that im working
to make sure she has a beautiful life
cos I know she will be worth it
Banji Coker

Boy in the Background

 

 

This girl

I have no idea what to say to you

I have no idea what you’re going through

With your bloodshot eyes

And your glossy lips

You rain down tears

You strut with shaky legs

I wish I could take your pain away

I wish you won’t have to feel this again

But am the boy in the background

Whose heart is rioting

But his lips don’t make a sound.

 

Banji Coker

BanjI Coker - the curse

Here is a poetry recitation of one of the poem I wrote last year I hope you guys like it leave your comments Share and subscribe

Two AM

It's 2am and I can't sleep
My brain decides to take me down memory lane
A lot of things have changed
I have change
Its funny how everything can just happen
In the space of one year, in the space of six months, in the space of two weeks,
 it's really crazy.
That I see the world differently
The fact that the trees don't fascinate me
 that fact that I'm no more  captivated by the sounds of birds
The fact that love is just a word
When It used to be a way of life.
They say the older you get the wiser you become
Well I disagree,  I think it's the darker you become
Now I'm wondering what went wrong
Did things actually go wrong?
Or did I just grow up?

Banji Coker