My Odyssey: Thoughts of a Wondering Man

By G.I. Okpara

This work is a sample of the authors mindset at different times, at different places and in response to different situations. It is a journey through moments of laughter and sadness, of peace and chaos, of love and of dishonest hate, which though not coherently collected, samples an adequate and interesting exodus that captivates you all way long.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris UK
• Release date: Jun 17, 2013
• ISBN: 9781483649733

G.I. Okpara

The author is Nigerian born, with a burning desire for literature and love for beauty, nature, quiet, music and innocence; a Lawyer by profession, an inquirer by default and a philanthropist by aspiration. His desire for writing developed from early childhood and has been sustained by an interesting world around him.

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Rachael

Is this Rachael

The one I use to know

When I was yet a player

And strong enough to satisfy

You hear from Rachael

The insatiable dog

That you cherished and never loved

You know why, though

Is my cherished yet worn?

Not goodly featured and brief

Is she yet handsomely cheated?

And not attractive and wane

Rachael is yet adrift

And has remained abriefed

Nature has robbed me beautifully

And I am yet wane

Is Rachael yet uncherished?

Does she still mourn my exit?

Is she yet a singled?

Or has she found a sweetheart

Rachael will never be uncherished

I have mourned your exit

I have a goodly featured man

Though not sure of his love.

. . . Bob Gideon

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Beauty

I saw a golden dawn

And heaven came down

I saw a hilly green

And beauty was mean

The sun was blue

And the wind blew

The field was gold

And evil on hold

Sparkles! Beauty was sparkles

Beauty, beautiful sparkles

Serenity blossomed

And beauty summed

The birds flew high

And never came nigh

Bird songs cried

As the sun smiled

Young flowers danced

And beauty glanced

Then I thought

After I stopped.

. . . Bob Gideon

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Moments

Each moment I spend

Each second that ticks away

Each minute I count

Each hour that goes by

Each day that rolls past

Puts thoughts in my mind

Thoughts about her

Her beauty and innocence

Her fragility and chastity

Each parted lips I see

Each set of teeth revealed

Each smiling face at sight

Each sound of laughter heard

Each happy face expressed

Puts thoughts in my mind

Thoughts of whatever to do

To make her lips part in smiles

And make her face glow in laughter

And happiness all the time

Each happy moment I share

Each good time had

Each interesting period got

Each great opportunity seized

Each wonderful season met

Puts thoughts in my mind

The desire to be with her

To share each happy moment

To make every season interesting

And all her days wonderful

But the closer I came to draw

The farer from me she goes

Each moment of lonely thoughts

Seems moments of endless wallow

Each thought-filled day that rolls out

Becomes seasons of heavy hearts

Each face asmiling seen, any

What endless dreams of fantasy

My eyes are now too full

My heart weighs more than ever

My brain can’t think no more

My mind has no more to reason

Without her in my arms

My hands and feet had trembled

And now that I have got her

I would she knows how special she is.

. . . Bob Gideon

18 08 08.

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Death

Oh dreadful scorn

With which we are scorned

This blatant woe

To which we are foes

Thou art vain

Rude and of no gain

The pinnacle of vanity

Vanity in its entirety

You are the faintest

To which nature detest

For you are hopeless

Just making man helpless

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Loneliness

I had lost my direction, for sure

But that was only the beginning

I thought I had my full company

But, of course that was the least

A thousand people in front of me

And ten thousand behind

A multitude by my right