Stepping into the Wilderness

By Ime Albert

Ime Albert holds an honorary doctorate degree in business administration from Evangel University, Springfield, Missouri, USA. He is a successful Nigerian businessman and politician.

He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in theatre arts from the University of Calabar, Calabar, Nigeria.

He is a born-again Christian author, poet, novelist, and philosopher. He is a reformed Christian vessel in the hands of the Lord. He is a philanthropist extraordinaire with a very large heart.

He is married to Patricia, and the marriage is blessed with three children: Roland, Rachael, and Rhema. He is indeed a blessed man.

STEPPING INTO THE WILDERNESS is a poetic expression of the travails, troubles, agonies, and sweetness of life. It is an intellectual expression drawn from real-life situations. It explains real-life events, people, places, as well as the propelling forces of life, which are controlled by Almighty God and Satan.


This book reveals the true nature of man, the very gifts, talents, and potentialities that make the human race a rich base of incredible resources bottled in the providential wealth of divinity.

The fundamental truth as revealed by the trends captured in this work shows Almighty God not only as wonderful but as the most powerful source of wealth, fame, and riches.

He is also the author of No Love Lost (A Trilogy), The Fury of God also Best Parents, Worst Couples, and The Rich, The Famous, and The Blessed, all contemporary classics.

THE BEAUTIFUL ANGEL the extract shown in this book is a radiant work of my late son Richmond Ime Albert, who died on the 22nd of May 2011. He was aged 16 years, and was a Student of Bridge Water Independent School.

He was diagnosed of Cadiomyopathy, a heart vessel disease on the 10th of April 2011, and was admitted in the hospital in England but was later discharged two week later and certified to be okay, but two months later he died in sleep. He was particularly in love with Arsenal Football Club of London. May his gentle soul rest in the bosom of our lord.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse UK
• Release date: Dec 26, 2012
• ISBN: 9781477239025

Ime Albert

Ime Albert holds an honorary doctorate degree in business administration from Evangel University, Spring Field, Missouri, USA. He is a successful Nigerian business man and politician. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Theatre Arts from the University of Calabar, Calabar, Nigeria. He is a born again Christian author, poet, novelist, and philosopher. He is a reformed Christian vessel in the hands of the Lord. He sits on the board of a number of companies in Nigeria and in the United Kingdom. He is currently the executive chairman and chief executive of Privia Konsult Group, a consortium of companies with large business concerns in security, construction as well as oil and gas. He is a philanthropist extraordinaire with a very large heart. He is married to Patricia, and the marriage is blessed with three children: Roland, Rachael, and Rhema. He is, indeed, a blessed man. He is also the author of Best Parents, Worst Couples; The Wealthy, The Famous and The Anointed; The Rich, The Famous and Blessed; The Fury of God; Stepping into the Wilderness – all contemporary classics.

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© 2013 by IME ALBERT. All rights reserved.

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Published by AuthorHouse    12/10/2012

ISBN: 978-1-4772-3900-1 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-4772-3901-8 (hc)

ISBN: 978-1-4772-3902-5 (e)

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CONTENTS

Dedication

Acknowledgment

Introduction

1: STATE OF HAPPINESS

1. Life Is Full

2. Milk Of Kindness

3. Grace Is Mine

4. Gain

5. The Burning Bush

6. My Encounter

7. My Good Turn

8. Lift Me Up

8. Anchor

9. My Vintage Car

10. Two In One

11. Help

12. Flowers

13. My Turn

14. My Dreams

15. Pillows

16. Sadness And Joy

17. Blues

2: SPICE OF LIFE

18. Frailties Of Life

19. Stress Of The Wicked

20. Destroying The Land

21. Evil Queen, The Water Goddess

22. My Sins Are Many

23. Not My Fault

24. Sacrifice

25. The Idols Are Alive

26. The Rich Also Cry

27. Strokes Of The Cane

28. Feathers

29. The Needles

30. Depression

31. My Cross

32. Rest, Unwanted Rest

33. Rivers Of Blood

34. Advance Fee Frauds 419

35. One Last Call

36. Law Is An Ass

37. Fear

38. Masturbation

39. Gossips

40. Jinxed

41. Tomorrow Will Never Come

42. Silence

43. Storm In A Tea Cup

44. Adultery, My Only Regret

45. My Zeal In Life

46 Another Man’s Wife

47. Abortions Of Kate

48. Terror

49. Swallow Your Pain

50. Fly Away

51. One Step, Ten Falls

52. The Darkest Hour

53. Confession Of Deceit

54. A Daughter’s Lamentations

55. Incest

56. Flames

57. Let This Bird Fly

58. The Robbery

59. Empty Vessels

60. Sex For Sale

61. Looters

62. Grave

63. Man The Bitch

64. Affliction

65. The Temple

66. Valleys Of Idols

67. Oil

68. The Traitor

69. The King Is Mad

70. Rhythms

71. The Beast That Failed

72. Bread

73. The Tongue

74. Dining With The Rich

75. My Eyes Are Falling

77. My Last Hope

78. My Pain

79. Lord, Shield Me

3: PLACES AND HERITAGE

81. London Bridge

82. Madame Tussaud

83. By The River Thames

84. Bridge Water School

85. Greater Manchester

86. Night Flight To Orlando

87. Ibom, My Place Of Birth

88. Light Oaks, School Of Manchester

89. London Trains

90. Destiny House

91. Night Drive To Las Vegas

92. World Trade Centre

93. Big Ben

4: LOVE AND GRACE

94. Bliss Of Life

95. My Last Hope

96. Romeo, The Flirt

97. My Assets

98. Soul Mate

99. My Mummy, My Mummy

100. My Daddy, My Daddy

101. Faithfulness

102. Grace

103. Roses Are Red

104. Dreamer’s World

105. Honey Of Life

106. Love Puree

107. The Clock

108. Riches

109. Pillars

110. Glad Tidings

111. Rivers

112. Tonight

113. Spring Of Life

5: BELIEF AND RELIGION

114. Wisdom

115. Drunk Of The Holy Spirit

116. The Road To Eternity

118. God And Science

119. Praying To God

120. Life Begins, Life Ends

121. Heaven’s Gate

THE BEAUTIFUL ANGEL

The Beautiful Angel

Judgment

Across The Bridge

Thorn-Apart

Ride Into The Deep

Brotherhood

Can’t Live With You Or Without You

Departed

Heartless

Is It Worth It?

Death

DEDICATION

To God Almighty. And to my only son, Roland, who said a thousand times, Daddy, you are the best. To Rachael and Rhema, my soulmate kids, thanks for reminding me daily of that psalm: The Lord is my shepherd. I shall not want. What would I do and where would I be today without you? I love you all.

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

I will first of all thank my dear wife Patricia, who most of the time is stuck with me when I am acknowledging the beauty of the environment, the wickedness of man to man, and the overriding propensity and travails of the society we live in. to my children Roland, Rachael and Rhema I thank you for also appreciating the nakedness of the world that we live in. lets believe that sooner or later the world will become a better place for the living.

To all my family, I thank you for not acknowledging me to be mad most of the time when I drift into the oblivion of space and time, it is just my thoughts that goes hay wire most of the time. To all my brothers, sisters and their wives and husband and their kids, I want to say, I sincerely love you, for you have proofed to me that there is joy in having you always around.

To all my friends worldwide please excuse me if I wondered in my thoughts in any of the poems to discuss you, it is not you but a figment of my imagination, it is an outlandish attempt at describing nothing, focus on nothing, see nothing, but the emptiness of space.

To my secretary Godfrey Udegbe, thank you for tolerating me especially those times where my mind drift afar, it is well.

I also acknowledge my late son for a job well done. The section called BEAUTIFUL ANGEL is actually written by Richmond Ime Albert, this is only an extract of about 10 poems only, if you desire to read the whole book please go to the shops worldwide or go to Amazon or lulu.com. He was 16 when he was called to a life beyond. He was a student in Bridge Water School, Manchester United Kingdom. His mind wonders, wonders afloat, wonder to death and life may him live forever in the mind of those who love him Adieu.

For Authorhouse Crew made up Engene Hopkins, Denise Spencer, Amanda Carmichael, Ray August, Jeric Romano I want to say you have been a wonderful team.

INTRODUCTION

Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feeling. It takes its origin from emotions and recollected tranquility William words -worth."

From the Author

The poems in this book are the articulation of my personal life experiences and the intimate experiences of loved ones, friends, neighbours, and associates in various spheres of life. It is for me one way of shading very strong emotions that have in various ways played a major role in my life. It took ten long years to assemble these poems. I never wrote them to be published; I wrote them merely for fun.

I have also used this medium to identify with people or places that appeal to me or my family. My wife and children have always been there with me to share every single experience, good or bad. However, the poems go beyond personal experiences to explain my personal relationship with our creator, that unseen hand that created good and evil, who seems to have an unending role to play in the affairs of men. I have tried as a mortal to reference God, who is described in the Christian doctrine as being the head of all Principalities, and expression which simply means that since the devil expressed in some cases as the medium of negativity or the power of Leftist forces, but I choose to call here Satan have a very limited powers especially since he was created by God. I assume this means that God is the ultimate. That Is why the fundamentalist, the occultist, the sects, the voodooist, and other sectorial expressionist have gone to search inside the waters, to the heavenlies, and to the grave to acquire what I call mundane or palliative powers, but finally they have to proclaim that despite the inglorious acquisitions they have to bow to their creator by submitting themselves.

Although most of these poems are spiritual in nature, I have tried to provide in-depth explanations of the efficiency of earthly powers and the foolishness of the occult medium. We have catalogued the real life experiences of our friends, leaders, and neighbours whose earthly powers are all instruments of futility.

This collection is conceptualized by this author as an instrument of practical evaluation affecting all facets of human life, religion, and other sectional belief. It is meant to secure a purpose in transformation in love, hate, death, life, and wealth. It gives personal biographical information in prose and sets the basis for my first real-life saga, which I have titled For the Love of Pat, the heartrending story of a twenty-three-year-old girl, beautiful and dedicated, whose unfailing love for me has changed my life for the better.

I write out of intuition, I write out of passion, I write out of commitment, I write out of love, I write out of hate, I write with the purpose that my writing will outlive me but will never outlive the times. I hope that beauty of this work might be seen when I am far gone.

I also want to use this medium to tell the whole world especially my friend and foe that I must be forgiven if any of this poems becomes a direct reflections of their life. I built from their experiences to draw strength, not to create weakness; to build, not to destroy; to mould, not to crack. To my friends, I plead for forgiveness if I am not very complimentary in my words. It is my hope that this book will make a contribution to global poetry, if not in my generation then in the generation yet unborn.

The title Stepping through the Wilderness was actually given to me by my publisher after going through the poems. My daughter called it Running through the Wilderness. I sincerely thank them for guiding me through the process.

I remain my humble self,

Ime Albert

This is deep, very deep. This is from the darkest part of your mind. Great composition.

E. Koofreh

Ministry of Communication

Abuja, Nigeria

Brother, I am very proud of you and the stuff you are made from. Great job.

Blessing Akpan

Uyo AKS, Nigeria

Poetry is life, life of God. To live this kind of life means you have left the mortal world to the life of immortal. Fantastic poetry. Brother, well done.

Nseobong Albert

Banker

Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria

You sure have a dream. Daddy, this is fantastic.

Your daughter, Rachael

Kings College London UK

You are a moving genius. How did you do this lovely job? You have a settled mind. Well done.

By my son Roland

University of Central Lancashire

United Kingdom

This is definitely from your soul and spirit. Please let the peace that led your mind reign in the world and heaven forever. This is definitely among the best of poetry. Thank you.

Pastor Charles, Reverend Minister

Abuja, Nigeria

This is a classic. It will make for classic reading. Please let this be published.

Billy Akpan

Banker

Uyo Akwa Ibom State

Your mind works to produce such great poetry. You are a miracle.

Gloria Edet

Civil servant

Akwa Ibom

A meandering mind that produces such great poems. These are sensational. The value of these poems is incredible. How long did it take you to write this? Please try and get them published, because they provide great insight into the future.

James Idoma

Businessman

Abuja

A beautiful piece that will make a beautiful reading. Lovely job, Ime.

Brother Kindness Udom

University, Ibadan

Nigeria

These are poems that come from your inner soul. Great work.

Usen Ibah

Policeman, RTD Abuja

It is great how your mind works. Fantastic poems, please publish these.

Ignatius Bassey

Lecturer

Nigeria

Sweet sensation, fantastic work, this is just the beginning. You are a genius.

Brian David

California

Good work and a splendid attempt to capture what life is all about. Ride on, my dude.

Cleve-gain

New York

Mind-blowing work from a great mind. Great work and great poetry. Keep it up.

Leonard Udofia

Civil servant

Akwa Ibom

What a mind that creates and builds. You’re indeed a great man.

Your wife, Patricia Ime

UK

Splendid poems and a great work of the mind.

Dr Umana Isaac Umana

Civil servant

Abuja

1: STATE OF HAPPINESS

1. LIFE IS FULL

Thy rise has come

Drip of blood in anger

Venice of life and death

Rising in plains of kindness

Grouping in vaults of mercy

Maker of life, not for sale

Backing to disrupt the glamour

Sifting of hope, pain, and despair

Giving of life, life to change

Apples so sweet, eat and rejoice

Vacuums of joy and gladness

Centres of faith and trembling

Create in me a gender of heart

Let me cry for joy unmarked

Restore unto me the fountain of life

Junk of rise, potent to fall

Give and take, price of man

Leading in front, attention to life

Grieving in substance, blanket of hope

Ruffle and tumble, blister in groups

Music of life, life in full

Grain of the builder, atom of giving

Giving and receiving, medals of hope

Grapping the coins, senders appeal

Reaping the glory, blender in check

Living the life, life in full

Bleed the energy, venture of life

Gift of rising, menders forever

LIFE IS FULL

Life is full always. There is no point living like you are a beggar when there is kindness in giving, when there is mercy in receiving, when there is relish in life. The plains of kindness always try to accept the bleach of life. Life is a bond, life is a covenant. Decide if you want to take the covenant of life or death.

Life is not for sale, and