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    Selah! Selah!: (Pause and Think).
    Selah! Selah!: (Pause and Think).
    Selah! Selah!: (Pause and Think).
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    Selah! Selah!: (Pause and Think).

    By 'Deji Ayoade

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    Eight years I have known Charlie, eight years I have mourned Charlie and eight more years I have lived, because Charlie is deadAlmost every poem in this book is based on true-life event and in almost every poem in this book, there is a songa story to be told. The words are simple. The poems encompass every aspect of life, from love lusttragedyreligion... to death and more!
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAuthorHouse
    Release dateNov 9, 2009
    ISBN9781467857598
    Selah! Selah!: (Pause and Think).
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    'Deji Ayoade

    Dr. 'Deji Ayoade is an emerging memoir author and lifelong poet who strives to touch the lives of his readers through heartfelt poetic storytelling. In addition to his memoir and companion poetry book, he is the author of Selah! Selah! (Pause and Think): Poetry. Enduring a childhood chock-full of impoverishment and loss, poetry was his safe haven, quickly becoming his way of envisioning a future he wanted to be a part of. Moreover, the power of the written word served as reassurance that he and his loved ones would one day leave all the hardship in Nigeria behind.Writer aside, 'Deji Ayoade has held the roles of Veterinary Surgeon, Combat Medic, Nuclear Weapon System SME, Senior Program Analyst, and U.S. Space Force Department of Defense Civilian.

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      Selah! Selah! - 'Deji Ayoade

      I’ve Come to Realize

      I’ve come to realize

      that hastening is childish.

      I’ve learned to do things

      in a simple, gradual, planned, perfect way—

      best, usually, is patience.

      I’ve come to realize

      that nothing on earth is forbidden anymore.

      People’s beliefs

      tend to be determinant.

      When I was younger,

      I saw lovemaking differently.

      I’ve come to realize

      that it is a way

      humans fulfill their bodily desires

      that spring out from lust.

      I’ve come to realize

      the beginning of a man’s future

      starts from the day

      he understands the need to be part of the world

      and also strives to make the best out of it.

      I’ve come to realize

      that the best friend of man,

      both before and after death,

      will be his virtue.

      I’ve come to realize

      that it’s hopeless

      to encourage someone you’re not in love with—

      but when you find love,

      grab it!

      I’ve come to realize

      marriage doesn’t survive on right choices,

      but you can make your choice right …

      Father

      One more time, I looked out my lair,

      with tears streaming down my face.

      My eagle glides through the air,

      forcing its way through the thick, dark trace,

      up into the night sky.

      I’d just left a chapter of my dream

      to turn a new page,

      where I could become a better story.

      I cry for only—

      if only my father had a breath left in him,

      this moment could be cherished more.

      If only he weren’t lying six feet under,

      I’d get one last hug.

      Believe

      If only I could take a trip into your world,

      I would probably understand more.

      You have built for yourself a castle of fear,

      so weak, a typhoon could tear.

      Still, not so much of pain,

      you can start all over again.

      If every pain someone puts you through

      remains alive in you,

      every trial

      would be mine.

      I have empty shoulders to lean on—

      would you let me be the one?

      I have listened to so many songs,

      and I have waited for so long,

      but I choose to believe in this love,

      and in it I want to live forevermore.

      Smile

      Smile—

      the many hours of life are but flowers;

      each single day is a blossom that withers.

      Though it’s hard to understand the certainty of death,

      even though his cold hands are ever present.

      Life is short, but looks long.

      Life is short than to sluggishly live on.

      Yes, smile—

      for every rising sun, begin in God’s might.

      And do not remember your sorrows,

      but borrow those experiences for tomorrow.

      Register the lessons of the mistakes,

      and then open every letter in hope, not fear.

      Please, smile—

      cause if

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