PUBLIC IMAGE; PRIVATE PAIN So you made it, your dreams have realised. Don’t you break it ‘fore the glory dies. You’re gonna hate it, if they see behind your eyes, stick with the shades while the spotlight shines. Your reputation, must be maintained, falsification; that can be arranged. Public relations, will wipe away the stains […]
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.
Everybody is a bit of a TWaT, Everybody’s a little bit of a TWaT Everyone’s a bit of a TWaT, so what do you make of that eh? Everybody’s a little bit of a TWaT! – Everybody is a bit of a TWaT – right? occasionally we’re rude instead of polite. We be tossers and […]
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Riding the Hurricane (Song Lyric)
Why d’you have to fall in love? I thought you had more sense. We had a lot of fun, shoulda stayed just friends Why’d ya have to fall in love with me coz I, live my life kinda wild and free. Just like a leaf on an Autumn tree I go to where the wind […]
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Broken Man (song lyric).
Broken Man I was torn from my mamma I was ripped to shreds I’ve been a whole lotta things worse than dead If I’d collected every tear I’ve shed I’d be drownin’ in a lake way over my head [Chorus] Don’t you try to make it with a broken man No sense in tryin’ to […]
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Just Another Evening
We had a great conversation, she leaning toward me paying attention. Me venturing lines I think are amusing and she smiling reassuring, relieving my anxiety and quite knowingly I suspect, bolstering my dispirited ego. My bedraggled self image, exhausted, still collapsing after experiences of so many lows with all the princesses I’ve ever known. – I […]
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Quite Plane to See.
Wily Coyote, the cartoon character, can’t self animate; can’t commit murder. I saw him run through a steel clad tower, all that’s left was his silhouette, he was devoured. Then, Wow! From the other side, to continue the lie out pops his nose, just like Pinnochio’s, ‘fore it’s lost in the smoke; fade to black […]
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Riot is an Art Form.
The freedom to discover truth is integral to anarchy. The right to revolt, deeply sourced in history. Who knows if revolution can establish a democracy? At least let us be rid of the slime of corrupt bureaucracy. – Lock and load my friend, fire words straight and true against the artifice of society in which […]
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Ode to the Narcissist
We fall in love numerous ways, oft-times despite oneself. Other times, on lustrous days it feels just right with oneself. Either way, if you want him to stay; please fall out of love with yourself.
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Like it or Lump it. (song lyric).
The boss called me over, he gave me that look The one that says “Butty, there ain’t no more work” I begged and I pleaded to stay on the books He snarled as he spat – ” I don’t give a fook” He said, Pal, you can like it or lump it oright? Pal, you […]
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Butterfly Lessons
One of my earliest life-lesson pieces, written in a quieter voice than most of the collection. I’ve outgrown parts of it, perhaps, but not the truth in its wings. There’s nothing about the caterpillar that tells you what’s to come. That it will morph into a butterfly in the warmth of a summer sun. The […]
The words of Peter Akinwunmi (Peter Ak'i) 