God and My Curiosity

Two philosophical poems by Idowu Odeyemi

God and My Curiosity

My religious mother will always say the sun is a copula between God and us// she said “the sun is also a metaphor for God’s face”/ /that it burns// that is the way God face burns: like the sun// she says: the sun is too harsh// and we can’t look at its face directly// mother said: God’s face is like that sun, too// it burns more// but it is also, too, bright// and I must not look at him// and ask curious questions// she also said this God is the father of us all// But I am still curious// which kind of father do not allow his son to look at his face// and ask curious questions// is he afraid he might not know the answer?// I am curious:// Maybe that father is not our father// but a parody of giving us meaning// in the naked face of “life absurdity”//

Being & Nothingness

They said Green pastures are
What we must chase.
So I ask myself:
What about death?
Should we leave it to stay, with us?
Or, we chase it away?
Perhaps, no need for Green pastures,
Since death makes
all synonymous to nothing.
So how do we chase death?

We can only chase death
By leaving Green pastures.

Something is illusion
Death is — reality.

Odeyemi Idowu is a Nigerian poet. He is a 400 level student
in Ekiti State University, Ekiti State, Nigeria. He was shortlisted
for the 2018 Nigerian Students Poetry Prize and also won the Ekiti Future Awards 2018 prize for poetry.