Opeyemi Jide-Ojo : Writing

My Two-sided Pen- Forgotten Oath

My Two-sided Pen- Forgotten Oath

A Poem by Opeyemi Jide-Ojo


Or perhaps there's a name for it, ‘Paradox of truth and twisted thinking’ and the pen has woken to stab me now in the face- I woke to m..
My Two sided Pen

My Two sided Pen

A Story by Opeyemi Jide-Ojo


My pen has two sides- one for writing, the other for stabbing me in the heart repeatedly and without repent; some pen that is, and not surpris..
Night on his bedpost

Night on his bedpost

A Poem by Opeyemi Jide-Ojo


Sit at paper and stare at the wall with pen tucked safely in your hair,I want to run away to where I will not be seen, not even by me,Run from my own ..
In my mind’s eye

In my mind’s eye

A Story by Opeyemi Jide-Ojo


What does memory have in the presence of thought and history? Perfectly in harmony with the two if you ask me, though I wonder when the balance tips..
Disillusioned ones

Disillusioned ones

A Poem by Opeyemi Jide-Ojo


Through watery eyes I sleep, the back of my hand utter wet from tears, Mind running, heart racing, as I move from one scene to the next, From ..
No longer at war

No longer at war

A Poem by Opeyemi Jide-Ojo


Shall the earth scald our feet before we learn to move? Move in the rhythms made by our wandering hearts, the tears flow To our hands in rapt..
Ode to a rising sun

Ode to a rising sun

A Poem by Opeyemi Jide-Ojo


Do you greet the sun good morning on a sunny bright morning? This is the exit from night’s strong grasp, And the terrors that put us to..
The morning does its dance

The morning does its dance

A Poem by Opeyemi Jide-Ojo


There shall be no words And there shall be times of silence, periods where the dark seeps through the veins of those left alive after the coming..
A knife in our backs- Justified Causes

A knife in our backs- Justified Causes

A Poem by Opeyemi Jide-Ojo


I watched me kill myself with a knife in my back… I watched me kill a man with a knife in his back. I watched a man kill a man with a kni..
Lovers in silence

Lovers in silence

A Poem by Opeyemi Jide-Ojo


The dark calls in beauteous silence,Vast deep expanses covering secrets-The silence is most endearing,Like a soul calling to her lover.And I should an..