IFE

SOME PEOPLE CALL IFE A NAME
OTHERS THINK IT IS A PLACE
A FANTASY THEY SAY
 A MYSTERY THEY KEEP
A JOURNEY THAT NEVER NO END
 IS WHAT IFE HAS TO OFFER
 THE CRAVING FOR IFE,
HAS MADE THE YOUNG IN HEART
TREMBLE.
THE WANTS TO KEEP IFE,
KEEP THE LOVEBIRDS AT PEACE THE SORROW OF IFE, SHUT THE DOOR AT THE BEES.
 IFE! ENIYAN LUST AFTER YOUR PROSPERITY,
 OMO-EDA WORSHIP YOUR DIETY
ASIKO CANNOT STOP YOUR ACTIVITY ERANKO CANNOT AFFORD,
TO MISS YOUR OPPORTUNITY.
IFE IS NOT AT HOME
 IFE IS NOT AT SCHOOL
 IFE IS NOT AT WORK
IFE IS NOT LIVING CLOSE TO MY DOOR
IFE IS IN MY HEART
DEATH CAN SEPERATE THE LOVERS
IFE WILL KEEP THEM FOREVER
IFE! JUST LIKE LIFE YOU SOUND
 LIKE THE SHADY TREES YOU LOOK
LIKE THE MORNING DEW YOU STAY
LIKE THE ROSE FLOWERS YOU SHINE
 IFE! I SEARCHED FOR YOU AT ILE-IFE
YOU WERE NOT EVEN IN ILE-EFE
YOU REFUSED TO SAY HELLO TO OFE
YOU NOW KEEP ME IN THE STATE OF AKOKO
MAKING ME TO FEEL AS IF I AM NOT LOVED
 IFE! SO SMALL BUT MIGHTY
EJI-OWURO YOU STOLE FROM IRAWO
 YOU NOW MAKE OSAN
TO FEEL SO HORRIBLE
 ALE BECAME EBORA-ORU
BECAUSE OF YOU
 IFE! YOU TURNED ILE-ISE INTO ILE-ESE IFA EVEN HAS A CRUSH ON YOU
 ESU LOVES TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF YOU ALARINA KEEPS YOUR ANGEL
AT THE VALLEYS OF OKUKU
 IFE! ALAGBARA HAS ONCE FALLEN FOR YOUR SAKE
 OLOGBON HAS ONCE BEEN A SLAVE TO YOU
OLOYE WORSHIP YOUR DYNASTY OLODODO MAKES YOU THE MAJESTY
 ON THE ALTAR OF DIVINITY
 IFEKUFE LOVES TO SHARE THE GLORY WITH IFE
BUT YOU CAN ONLY BE CONTROLLED
BY THE OLODU-OMO-ARE
HE IS ALSO MY CREATOR
 AND THE CONTROLLER OF MY WORLD.

WRITEN BY:OJAJUNI EMMANUEL

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