Nikos' Blog

Dear Friend, welcome to another brand new week. I do hope you are ready to make the best of it. Here's something to ponder on: The night is upon us and we know not; Evil is within us and we see not. Cloaked in a garment of self-righteousness, Hidden in the seams of lawlessness, Captivity comes knocking on our doors Bearing gifts of many colours By actions we constantly judge But if only we’d take a nudge In the right direction And see our lack of discretion In matters of other folks, We’d be great societal Oaks. We are bound by our vices; Corruption, mediocrity and all their spices Concocted to give a feeling of independence. Get rid of the decadence  And watch our society experience a rebirth. Watch us bid farewell to this prolonged dearth! The night is upon us; Darkness dances above us But light shines ahead Waiting for us to wed. Let’s throw away the veil And for the truth sail. ©Nikoslexie 2016

Hey, dear reader. I trust your week was cool. Well, here's something to help you relax. #TGIF #loversmoments DANCING IN THE TWILIGHT Could be the light so bright Feeding me with lies But your eyes are dancing in the twilight. Staying out of sight, I watch you in new guise; Could be the light so bright Setting your eyes alight. I try to hide my surprise But your eyes are dancing in the twilight. I don’t know if I’m right Or it’s just a disguise; Could be the light so bright Making my heart soar to that height Where I’m tempted to socialize Still, your eyes are dancing in the twilight. Your allure I can no longer fight Please, be my prize. Could be the light so bright But really, your eyes are dancing in the twilight. ©Nikoslexie 2011

    There is a sun in the sky And it’s not gonna die Till I can fly To meet it in the sky. There’s a place I belong: Somewhere I can be wrong And still sing my song Without being treated as dung A black bird once told me “You will never be What you want to be So don’t even bother to see” But I saw… I saw beauty at my core, I saw beyond my every flaw, I saw the world look at me in awe. There’s a place I belong Somewhere I can be wrong And still sing my song Trusting I won’t live in the wrong I’m gonna stay high And I won’t sigh ‘Cause there’s a sun in my sky And it’s not gonna die. ©Nikoslexie 2016

Good day friends. Just thought I'd drop something for the weekend. Enjoy! I’LL FOLLOW YOU A lone crow calling, Toads croaking in vain, The moon hardly shining, The night darkened With shadows of couples everywhere. Where do you go when you’re lonely? I’ll follow you… When nature seems farther And friends as foes seem, To whom do you turn? Where do you go When the world turns upside down? When the stars go blue, Where do you go? I’ll follow you… When all you want is more And all you get is barely enough, Where do you go? When to hear and be heard Is all that matters to you And all fate gives is a whisper, To whom do you turn? When crowded your world becomes And all you desire is solitude, Where do you go? I’ll follow you… If you know a place Where I can be alone, If you know a home Where there’s all I need, If there’s a world Where no odd angels appear And fate forever remains kind, I’ll follow you. If you could take me by the hand And lead me be

Maybe he was truly a foe The one who made me lose my toe I wish I could bear his presence As my mind struggled to grasp his essence He was there; always constant! His riding over my friends -so gallant How could she call him "Friend"? When I would give much to see his end As long as he steered clear of the gallows, Death lurked in the shadows. Why feel so much hate For one who is never late? Why feel so much hate For one who stood at Mortality's Gate? To her, he was a friend Who brought her worries to a bend To me, he was a foe And I never stopped saying so... He would never be welcome For he always made me numb But in him lay proof of other things So I could try being grateful for his stings. Maybe he is truly a friend The one who shouts "Your life didn't end! " PAIN: Friend or Foe, I'll never know! ©Nikoslexie 2016 P. S: This poem is dedicated to all those who in their times of pain have found a reason or the other to be grat

Hi friends! Welcome to a brand new week.  I really hope we were able to conquer our FEARS last week. Today, I will be sharing a poem (part of the #TomorrowSeries).  I hope it inspires you.  Be kind enough to leave a comment or two. Thank you 😀 TOMORROW A place where my dreams lie still… Tomorrow! A place where happiness lies unexplored And sorrows unforetold… Tomorrow! A pregnant virgin Bearing many a burden… Tomorrow! Shall we ever get there? Shall today ever end? Shall tomorrow ever be here That our wounds it may tend? Or shall we wait for years unending For the harvest we crave? Tomorrow, how unyielding! If we refuse to be brave. We must forget Tomorrow And make Today our morrow. We shall not be patient anymore But shall take into our hands the law And seize Today by the hand Till it gives us our brand And we birth our dreams. Not tomorrow. Today! ©Nikoslexie 2016

To make good on my promise from my last post, I will share this poem. Enjoy! When the first sunrays Melt the eerie shadows of the past And the grand silence of the night Gives way to the hustling of the morning, I wonder what today would bring For one minute, We are all happy and victorious; The next, We are victims of the unknown. Our plight, Borne out of the vanity of life, Is but a necessity. Curiousity becomes my drive For only a split moment Separates life from death. I muse and discover that Though we fly Above every sea of uncertainty In our happiest moments Yet in our darkest nights, We are overwhelmed with the fear of death. Up and down our emotions go Like the tune of the piper. We forget that if we were to depart from here, We may or may not be remembered And surely, Life will go on. I, for one, Will entertain no fear! I’ll ride on the waves of life’s storms And keep faith throughout every challenge F

Does fear really exist or is it a product of our imagination? How far apart are ‘fear’ and ‘caution’? Is there really any meeting point for both of them? These are the questions that preoccupied my mind this moment. Let me tell you a short story that readily comes to mind in this matter and thereafter, we can answer the questions. Flashback to over a decade ago, when I went to a camp in Ilorin with a group of other children for a couple of days.  I must have been a pre-teen then, I can’t remember my age precisely now. We went with a female instructor for the program (Aunty Tosin as we called her) and of course, our parents had left all of us in their care. Surprisingly, we were all girls that went and the oldest wouldn’t have been more than 13 years. We were lodged in a room a bit distant from the main auditorium where the program was going on. On the second night, most of us started feeling sleepy during the program (which was just like halfway through) so nice Aunty Tosin gave us

Today's post is a poem written by Yours truly about a week ago. Read and enjoy... Of course, a comment would be appreciated. Thank you. SOMEDAY Someday, all will be history The things we know and even our misery Someday, those who raised us Will wonder if they ever knew us We'll be invincible Strangers to the word "impossible" Then shall our worth be palpable. This is not the end I am only navigating a bend This is not all of me I am more than "we" This is not my best I will be better than the rest Someday we'll sing and dance And leave nothing to chance We'll live out our dream And forget tales so grim; Once again with life brim Someday I say Maybe not today But maybe today We could sow for Someday I shall leap, We shall reap If we plunge in the deep Someday, you and I Shall walk down Fame's aisle Someday... Maybe today! ©Nikoslexie 2016

Hi! Top of the day to you. You're welcome to my blog. This is the platform where I'll be giving room to my thoughts to flow freely and permit me to say it's long overdue. I am super excited 😀😁😊 and almost can't wait to get started and that's why this is being put up at this "odd" hour (12:45am). In case you are wondering what to expect from me on this platform, I'd simply say "keep your fingers crossed and your hopes high. You never know what I'll say! 😊" That being said, LET'S ROLL... P. S: your sincere comments are and will always be well appreciated. Do well to drop them. Thank you.