When my baby hits me I stand and take it like a man. When the lady hurts me I hide it from her’s best I can. When she said she was leavin’ I just made new plans. When she said she was leavin’ I just up and turned my back No time to spend a […]
Author: Pete Aki'i
Hello there... I'm Pete Akinwunmi, aspiring poet, singer, harmonica player, saxophonist, sports psych & erstwhile rugby player. On this site you’ll find my writings in the form of poems and song lyrics (a few of both accompanied by video footage) expressing my love of words, word play and fun expressing personal psychological insights related to being the best you can be or at least as happy as possible with what you are.
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Drowned (Song lyric).
I sailed out too far and ran aground ‘cos she looked like an angel and talked like a woman. I hit the rocks and my ship went down, I didn’t see the danger ‘cos I’m only human. She sailed me out to the middle of the ocean took me below and lay me down then […]
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As If.
Posthumous words, yet the man is still alive, Not long for this world but still waits for dawn to arrive. His life, interred as is, his hope. Now he sees his world through a kaleidoscope. Yet he lives, as if. He lives – as if. Scarlet clouds drift through unfamiliar skies. His blood, his sweat, […]
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Shatter the Sheen.
‘Tis a troublesome thing, perfecting thoughts. Ideas shifting shape with diabolic force wafting into forms grey and blurred, whilst on a knife-edged cross teeter swearing words. Sharpened tongues sculpt what’s heard. Do you hear those mouths full of tomorrows? Can you swim in the twisted phrases that reflect your world? Have you antidotes for lies […]
Every one who ever tried herheld their breath when led beside her;for she makes out like a widow spideronly selected souls ever survive her.She pushes and pulls andcrushes and fools,through the nights she rocks and rules,though all her songs have the power to move,her caustic words mortally wound.I learned it was a mockeryallowing her exotic […]
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Outsider; they don’t want me here
I can hear the whistle screeching as the train gets nearer up the track. Coming to take me away from here, this is another place I’m never coming back. Every time I nearly settle down I tell myself I’ve had enough of this town… Coz they don’t want me here I’m an outsider. They’re full of […]
I’ve met a few bears in the course of my days Who carry the world in particular ways. They lumber through forests, through troubles and snow, Each bear sure he knows how existence should go. . Remember Yogi, with a wink and a plan? “I’m smarter,” he says, “than the average bear-man.” The world is […]
There was a time in my life when I enjoyed the status of ‘full time musician’… I’ve yearned for that status many times since, though not in the manner I am about to describe to you. So – was it as a member of a successful touring band playing to thousands every night? Or maybe […]
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I Knelt to Say my Prayers Last Night.
I knelt to say my prayers last night my mind in disarray, so I asked the Lord for a guiding light to help me on my way. I said “Father, you created us – made us look like this so why are women so beautiful that I simply can’t resist? To my surprise an answer […]
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Ancient Grecians had no TV.
The Ancient Grecians had no TV so at what did they gaze through the night? They looked up at the moon, and at stars all unknown… in thrall to celestial delight. Archimedes developed his theories setting brand new scientific agendas. We’ve moved some degrees since 240 BC and switched channels from the sky to Eastenders!
The words of Peter Akinwunmi (Peter Ak'i) 