This is to you dreamer

This is to you dreamer.

Your dream is just for an appointed time. Wait!  Don’t faint. You would get it

Hold on tighter with the fist of struggle, never to let it go. Hang on when the winds blows.

Block your ears when the noise in the market is too much. 

Shut your eyes when they display otherwise before your face.

Your dream is just very nearby.

This is to you dreamer,

The path to dreaming is lonely, dark and unknown.

You will need a map always. Please ask for one.

Don’t be lost in your dreams.

Don’t keep your mouth shut. Someone is listening.

The streets of dreams are shady and unending.

You need to anchor on the Dream Giver and His manual.

The air of dreams are clogging, you need the breath of life.

There are many distractions, many discouragements, and many fears.

They are mere false appearances; never real

Hang on dreamer, you are about to get your dream to reality

See. 
Open your eyes and see. 
Tune you ears to the frequency of the giver

You are the dream

You are born of this

You are born for this

Keep on dreaming, dreamer

Oluwamitomisin 

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Out of the Walls 'Get Out of your comfort zone!'

I feel large in this room. It is my space. I feel sad when am about stepping out of it. When am alone, I can do and on do; sleep in XYZ, raise my legs, forget the prim and proper my mother taught me. I can wear any cloth and sing any song without any worries that someone is watching or listening. When I am distressed I rush to my bed and curdle with my pillows. I lie flat all naked by myself. With all the comfort I think I enjoy in my bedroom, when i step out; it's a different game. It no longer seems like the massive king size bed, on queens quarters with royals at my door step. I realize, it’s just the comfort tiny little room with shared facilities on a rented mortgaged improperly surrounded by other little rooms.

What's my point?

Check this out!

Earth compared to the smaller planets (Venus, Mars, Mercury and Pluto.

Earth compared to the larger planets (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.

The larger planets compared to the Sun

Our Sun compared to Sirius, Pollux and Arcturus

Sirius, Pollux and Arcturus compared to Rigel, Aldebaran, Antares and Betelgeuse

If you were to step out of the walls of your comfort zone. It is just as simple as, “Your world is very small, See bigger." If you think your world is too big to contain others. I must add at this point that it is too small to contain great others. I have a favorite proverb. I like to narrate a story or used the proverb in questioning my friends, who supposedly think, they are better than others. I ll pose the same to you. If you feel your father's farm is the largest, try visiting a couple of others. You would be surprised at how little your comfort zone is. Your world is smaller than you think, friend. You need to step out of your boundaries and expand your world. Quit thinking, me, myself & I. Quit seeing the world with your myopic eyes and see the world with the telescopic eye of God. There is more room for you outside that little comfort. 

Oluwamitomisin

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Beautiful hope-'When dreams fade'

As a child, I had unending wishes,

I wished, I met a genie, who made all my dreams come true, no matter how small or wide

I wished, I snapped reality with my fingers, in a matter of seconds

I wished all the boxes ticked right, no matter the cost

I wished, I finished every assignment, even if I dragged all the way

As I grew older, I started feeling disappointed in a few dreams that eloped completion

And the many wrongs running down the memory lane

And the other boxes that never ticked right

I sought for wisdom

With the little, 

I now know that

It is a fresh beginning,

A world made new, where all failures are past and over,

Friendships lost closed in the diaries,

All the wish and to-do list done

Tears shed dried,

All bleeding wounds healed by the night.

Part of yesterday might have been an error

And some of tomorrow would include failures

Part of the millennium might carry sad days and windy nights

There is hope that when I fall, I will rise seven times.

There is assurance of stillness, where joy is complete and love is unending.

Yesterday is now part of the histories

Tomorrow is my future

This is my beautiful hope this morning.

This is the reason why I want to wake up again

Oluwamitomisin

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Right Now!! 'Soul cry out'

I must say that the wickedness in the world is so large, worst than you left it. Jesus, the pain that beats after my soul is beyond imagination and I keep losing the way. I thought I saw you ahead, now I think you are missing somewhere. I found out that I am that missing person. How could I have missed my way after all you have taught me? Night and day you instruct, yet my feet plunge into the wayward part. I taught I could do it all by myself but I am sinking so badly. 

Save me Lord! 

Right Now!!

Oluwamitomisin

Also read: Draw me

On a borrowed pen- 'To my beloved'

I heard a chap was coming to town; his fame was wide abroad, no one could tame

I thought I heard the town crier; alas, it was people whispering his name

They sat in clusters, walked in threes; even enemies became friends

I wondered at sanity that has visited the town

Evenings I sit by my porch, listening to rhythms;

Over and over, the daughters of the town practised their song; even older women

Days fell over each other, month climbed over another; finally the day came

It was dusk; one of those pretty cool night

I heard our neighbours visited, everyone came to see who he was

Down the hill, people streaming; Old Women and their daughters, Mighty Men and their sons

With our hero’s leading the match; even the king could not sit

I knew I had to see him, even though I knew who he was

I wore my best, gathered my regalia and walked down the hill

My friends urged me to ran, they thought I was late

I knew I need not pick my steps

Finally, we got to town

The hall was full, far and wide, nowhere to stand

Young men stood on each other, everyone wanted to see

People shoved their way; it was their way and I had mine

It’s time; It‘s so clear to walk

I took the centre stage,

Down the aisle, I could see their faces

They sneezed, they coughed,

They shoved their shoulders in anger,

Why would she, they asked?

She is at peace, at ease, they said in anger

They waved; they winked, telling me to set off the aisle

She is calm, at peace

They looked side to side, what did she know?

My thoughts were simple, if only they knew what I know

The world is preparing a centre stage for you Yimika. People would run, walk, fly, fall over themselves to make your world a reality. I believe so much in you, because I am so confident in the God we serve. I trust you in Him. Beyond imagination, He has favoured you.

I can’t imagine the many years that have gone by. I use to but I can’t number the days anymore. In all my short-lived memories, I won’t forget I once told you, you are my best friend. Although, years have roll into years, and seasons changed their cloth over time, you still warm my very heart with your tenderness. I think I have added one eighth of a height, changed weight, changed patterns and habit but you still remain my very habit.

I am privilege to be that lady walking down the aisle in wait as you arrive and I won’t take it for granted that I am most honored among women. I might wake up some mornings with a faint heart, and sleep sometimes in the dark but I will always remember you. I pray as you celebrate this New Year, you will experience one steadfast thing, the faithfulness of God. I love you always, always have and always will.

I only wish I can say this in person and if shy as always, write this with my own hands but you can be rest assured that these are mine words on a borrowed pen.

Yours and Only

Oluwamitomisin

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D' Little Book-To my Sister

My little sister like I always call you. "You are very special to me. I mean every word on this page. If I am to trade kidneys, eyes, legs, I would do it over and over again without fear for you. If I was given a million choices, I will still choose you as my baby sister. 

We've grown up together to become fond of each other, shared little secrets, faced fears the world won't see on the surface, walked beyond boundaries and limitations. Despite the fact that you have to grow so tall, that I have to buy all the heels in corner shops to pat your head. You are still my baby sister. Irrespective of the fact that I have to part with my best to keep your corner eyes satisfied. I have no regrets. 

I strive to always be there when you need a friend, to push you when you sit at your comfort zone, to scold when you behave silly, to correct you when it all seem right. I have tried within limit to listen to your corrections even if it sounded like a slap, to go beyond the walls of "I am older" and embrace the knowledge that "we can all learn from each other". Seeing that you expect much from me, keeps me uptight. I borrow courage to let you see my weakness, my failures, my regrets, my anomalies so that you won't befall the same.
I might not always be right, be there when you need me, be good or perfect. I might not have fulfilled every of my promises. You know how quickly I change my mind when I give you something,  probably demanded for what should be rightly yours, or behave silly as big sisters always do, but you are very much loved. I think you are the girlfriend, I pray to have everyday that I do not have. I hope irrespective of what choices we make, routes we follow and changes life brings our way, we would always be the buddy buddy girlfriend.
I am watching your very back just like you've always watched mine and I hope life takes us to that point where our seeds can do the same.

As you celebrate this new year, let God grant you every great and tiny wishes. May He grant you multiple blessings and lead in the best path for your life. We have both being trained by a lovely creative minded, iron handed mother who would go any length to help us reach our goal. I pray that you will surpass the bench line of standard of virtuous woman. Someone prayed this little words with me last year and I pray the same. "I say Amen to your heart cries to God. 

My little advise this year: Don't quit on the best and that start with God. Lean not on your own understanding and live in that consciousness that "He is Emmanuel: God with us". When anything troubles you, and you find it so hard to explain, figure out or share with anyone, cry unto God. He won't leave or forsake you. 
Isaiah 43:2, "When you pass through the waters, God will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze." It doesn't mean you won't feel the fire but that have the assurance that He is with you. 
Lastly, my shoulders are always there, however, anything beyond my shoulders, I also have my knees. You could also borrow my tongue and my hands as we cry together to God for help.

Thumbs up: You have a gentle spirit, a loyal and a kind heart. Keep it up. 
You deserve a stroke: You can be so lazy.  You know this type of laziness: M¬¬¬ laziness. You need to grow more habit in reading inspiring books. If not paper version, find other means to achieve the same: e-books, audio versions. Your mind is your battle field. It is that place where you gather strength. So cultivate it like a field. I see you taking your art to the next level.

Love you always. 
Oluwamitomisin

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Take the Lead, I ll follow

After all you have taught me, how could I? I am that missing person that you keep calling. I thought I saw you ahead, I keep losing the way. Night and day you instruct, but my feet bring me trouble.

You brought me to the valley of vision, to see the heights of wonders; rather, I saw mountains of impossibilities. You set me by the rivers of abundance, to drink of a rejoicing spirit and overwhelming love; rather I focussed on the deadness of sorrow. You walked me through the desert of discipline to teach me the art of perseverance; rather I marry with sin.

It’s a new day; I consider your work afresh. Help me to see the world through your eyes.

Through the woods, you have made life refreshing, yet I ran out of pace to the wild where life would consume me. I taught you slept in the stormy sea but that was you saying take courage to sleep through it. The stormy blast won’t let me but you raised the bar, yet I didn’t know you were there. The dawn has broken forth; I see your hands anew. Help me to follow your silent leading, to step into your assurance.

When I don’t seem to know my way back to you, find me.

When I am tied in the depth of mediocrity; Draw me out.

Though the water, be turbid and blast unsuredly blows over me, let me find stillness.

When I am too afraid to look up and I am beaten by life’s best warriors, help me to see you beside me

Lead me through even when my ship has no rudder, and have lost the way.

Lead me when I would not listen and think I know the way

Lead me when the path leaves no trailing edge and the tiny footpath have grown weeds

Guide me always even if you have to pat me gently with a tough hand

Halt me when I am roaming and show me your light when my feet stray from the path.

Chastise me daily because you love me more.

You say you will be with me always, help me to remember you are my only company.

To remember when I feel alone is the most precious time, you are there.

To know that when you feel absent, it is the tricky end of the trailing edge.

I strive to see my best through your eyes. I behold your work and see how far you are and the depth of my struggle. I can see your light through the path, at the near end of the road, I can see faith coming alive, lead me Lord, and I will follow. I have found that all the roads, lead me back to you.

Oluwamitomisin

Also read: Beautiful hope-'When dreams fade'