Ogo

By

George O. Obikoya

Ogo sits inside the head

Companion to the soul

To steer and guide not

Its mate to doom it prays

With forlorn hope again

Nothing seems revealed

In truth and gainsay now

It feels all aloof it says 

For sure it all is replay

Elixir of shame of yore

That in which it wades

To save its pal the day

Even trumps and in all

Conglomerates still defy

So be it that way again

To be like them prevails

Many to feel so at large

Cacophony soon to bear

Revel they seem to say

Even if in pain all again

Hope lingers in its faith

Saviour from it wanes

Its face to be not it says

One unlike them again

Its love for all it cries

Smoothes none devein

As does turmoil in vain

Safe its face from hate

It hears all but today

Smacking one to rot

Neither does it rain

To save the day again

Since when may count

Known to none its says

That all texts do sing

When none truly sleeps

Beggar its still it is

In shame so hollow

It sinks right through

The soul to rise again

For nothing so counts

Its pain sure soon treats

And to nurture also is

Another of its ilk again

So it tries still in vain

To alter the raging blaze

Such may save the day

As even never reigns

It worries what goes on

That yet another way

Immanence to launder

And pave for a new day

Only so its way it cries

Just not as much tears

To wipe its pain away

And save all even more

At most it says it tries

All formulations aside

Gone with a spark still

To wager again in vain

Its gain assures it seems

Perpetual pain to see

Not to feel by many so

To cry for its only ways

At dawn its hope lights

From slumber ingrained

With supplication true

Of one so much in pain

To see day the same

Even before it starts

Not so it hopes defile

One to see its shame

Yet it prays still high

Of the praises its own

Giving and hoping still

For mend alone to sway

Its hopes rule its soul

The way to light for all

Seen within all the light

That glows inside above

For once it still smiles

Ebullience its soul says

Of its wake from all now

Tether to nought again

Not one to sink so too

To think too it is soon

When all is still the same

Just so it wears the pain

No change in all to see

It cries in vain to say

Nonsensical they say

Its way too old to stay

It cringes from its overall

Used it says in vain too

Unknown not still is the

Nothingness they crave

Even as its edge opens

Wallop the smile again

It does with a whinge

To steer again a bang

For its way stands still

Strangers amidst gentry

Petrified to change really

To gain in what they say

It is true it says for all

Those who seek in vain

That nothing is in change

In ways that is the same

So it sings another tune

In heads that stay cold

To work away anyway

Not crave over for praise

Delay it says your gain

For want not you pray

As for work so it is now

More than ever before

Pray let others too gain

Conditioning what may

So you may be praised

Within and not in shame

Its says its there always

To make your day again

Not when you wallow

And crave in vain again

Be sure it says you pray

For strength to bid affray

Away from you for good

That sure brings you gain

Its soul lives and in you

Strives for ways to show

Virtue is much in love

You give not for praise

For now it says forsake

Gain contingent on pain

You may not even feel

Safe in your soul again

It wants for you to say

That labour is not in vain

You give but not for gain

That comes alive within

Its peace in soul to give

To one that needs not gain

That loves just so to seek

None but peace it brings

Stay well it says to you

As ever in praise to sing

When it comes your way

Fulfilled in peace for love

It is sure will stay the same

It feels not what is it is now

That change must wrench

On gain along with pain

Even as you long for it

Certainty that eludes all

Fills its soul with grief

To know how so you lack

Yet it bodes well it says

For you may learn to gain

What really loves is its way

To shine on you ever again

So seek for fame its soul

Exalts your labour as now

Every little may still count

As it clears the way its way

In sorrow though it stays

Await the gain you seek

In calmness of steel it waits

To see you cherish the day

So sleep and yawn away

Reticence define its way

Not least to sway always

Your way to fame again

Bound by virtue it says

Imbued with courage still

Fortitude to wait the day

To pray for it to rain again

Know for you it waits

For all its way to stay

Confidence so to give

Those that heed its say

It is time now as again

Loving its way it prays

Its work yours to crave

So it may truly be paid

Its faith in you remains

As strong forever to stay

Even now you know still

Hardly counts to say again

It lends its soul in you

As cradle to rock to gain

That it is need not await

Right there it is to gain

Take heart it ever says

Your turn will come and

Time will right it all for

The wrong you cry to gain

Little will change you see

Its ways though works

For you to know ogo is

Here with you to stay