Reflecting on Adolescence

By Ogun Obika

This is a reflection of my innate emotion and thoughts.
Reading this book will take you on a journey, not a
journey of your life, or my life but a journey of life.
It is a testament to my survival and sustainability.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Jul 29, 2011
• ISBN: 9781462897766

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Reflecting On

Adolescence

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Ogun Obika

Copyright © 2011 by Ogun Obika.

Library of Congress Control Number:       2011911002

ISBN:          Softcover                                 978-1-4628-9775-9

                   Ebook                                      978-1-4628-9776-6

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Contents

Foreword

Ancestors

Never Weary Yet

By The Rivers Of Babylon

SECTION ONE

Un-fought Battle

Spirit of Time

Splash of Reality

Flight of the Phoenician Dove

The River

The Palet Woman

Ground Zero

Principle of I

Colleague

Pair-a-dice [in dialect]

Foul Pity

Flight

Patriot

Depth

Conniver

Moonlight

Shelly

I am the Mist

Uncle Tom, Uncle Sam

Who Am I

Shade

What Happen to My Rock Music

Unlike Me Tenants [in dialect]

Dat Call [in dialect]

Dinner at the Café

Lineless Registration [in dialect]

Guess Who? Who

Fury of Trust

Dagger

Disrepair

Challenge

Office Staff

Seeking Light

A Pray For All Of Us

Key To My Heart

Foreign Land

Candy

Toni

Stacey’s Rain

Were You There?

Come Let Us Explore

When One Thinks Of Tuskegee

Dimension

A Lie’s Truth

Dear Mme

Sight

Pattern of Self

Experience

Through the Window

Perishables

Spiritual Joy

Elegance of Serenity

Economical Drama

White Lightning

The Heart

There is Milk in the Coffee

Question

Weatherman

Understanding

Country Blues

Yet People Dream

DEDICATION

To the Obika Family

Nyahuma, Dela, Alpha, Taharqa—The Family Is Supreme

FOREWORD

To all my readers

It is without a doubt, upon reading this unique collection you would be motivated, you would feel overjoyed , you would experience emotions of love, hate, disgust, anxiety, despair and the effects of a weary heart. This book is meant to inspire, mind you, none of the poems, prose and philosophies have been planned. It is based solely on the emotion of time and the divine inspiration.

This is a reflection of my innate emotion and thoughts. Reading this book will take you on a journey, not a journey of your life, or my life but a journey of life. It is a testament to my survival and sustainability.

May the Ancestors guide you while reading this book and as well may God shower blessings upon you.

Bless

O. Obika

The first two items of this book are not a reflection of my ability but are spiritual songs which help me to make it during the day. The third song is a combined inspirational song.

Ancestors

The road is narrow and steep

The pathway is slippery and deep

Ancestors, show us the way to walk To liberation

Ancestors show us the way to go

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Never Weary Yet

I never get weary yet

I never get weary yet

Forty long years I am working in the field

And I never get weary yet.

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By The Rivers Of Babylon