Time will not behead this head you carry
like John the Baptist was raced into the pain
of his gallow by Herod
History will not behead this head you carry
like Ish-bosheth was raced into the sorrow
of his gallow by Rechab and Baanah
This head of yours is the master plan of
centuries not yet reached, it’s the
victories of you and the world
alone
You carry a head full of dreams, you carry
above you the world of your own
You carry above you the world of your
race and grace
Time will not behead this head you carry
above your feet and
vertebral column
This head of yours is the red sea
where miracles will happen to drown
the armies and legions of
Pharaoh
If Herod is lured by the dance of
bliss, if Herod is lured by the banquet of fun
Turn your head up and worship
If Herod is enslaved by the tidbit of
Queens and princesses
Turn your head up and worship
You carry above you the world of your own
Shaped by the claws of destiny and fate
Shaped by the claws of laws and forces
Your head is the master plan of wonders
racing with thunder
In your head are maps of you and the
world alone
If Herod staggered down the hallway of
sin, if Herod is inspired to become
an evil genius, if crowds and witnesses has consumed
Your dreams at luncheons
Turn your head up and worship
In your head are battalions of eternal
revelations
In your head are battery charges
Of marches
You’re much more needed to be beheaded
You’re much more coded to be beheaded
In your head are legions of exploits
Time will kill when you’re touched or ached
Dawn will kill when you’re rushed or flushed
You carry the world in your head if you must know
You carry the world above your feet if you must know
History will kill when you’re prickled or tickled
Angels take your matter to God
If you must know you’re worth the world
spoken into words
If you must know you’re worth the world
awaken into fire
In your head come the most beautiful things
In your head come all these beautiful ideas
Brigades and cavalries were the stuffs
that you spend
Patrol and troops were the stuffs
that you spent
If you’re temporarily discouraged through
The film of brief darkness
If you’re momentarily saddened through
the density of brief calignosity, remember that
Time will kill to keep your head safe
Dawn will speed to safeguard
your head
You carry within your head no
dim dawn
You carry within your head no blah dawn
Behind you is the sun wearing its boots
and khaki
Behind you is the sun training to see you
through
Behind you is the sun shining
itself to anger
Above you is the sun heating
itself to fury
You carry a world of your own
You carry a head full of dreams
If darkness comes to stay
You’ve the sun as your crown
You’ve the sun as your light
Darkness cannot harass you and go
Fear cannot harass you and live
Angels will kill to keep your head
Cherubim’s will kill to keep your head
God will kill to keep your head safe
If you must know you’re hotter than the universe
mutated into coal
If you must know you’re hotter than the world
mutated to mass
If you must know you’re worth more than the world
converted into fusion reactions
If you must know you’re worth more than
the energy released during radioactive
reactions
Behind you is the sun burning out to
cover your darkness
Above you is the sun blazing out to
hover on your darkness
You carry a world of your own
You carry a head of your own
You carry a world of your own
You carry a head of your own if you must know
If you must know you’re worth all the
victories of your light
Tears will be dried when you know your worth
Fire will burn when you know your purpose
If you must know you’re worth all the victories
of your time
If you must know you’re worth all the cord
of your Lord
If you must know you’re worth all the flames
calling your face
If you must know you’re worth
all the victories of your time
Paul Oluwafemi David is a nigerian who fell in love with poetry watching the beauty of nature,he is a student of professor Wole Soyinka and Ben Okiri.currently he is a student doctor at the college of human medicine university of Nigeria Nsukka with a strong mandible for the wonders of the universe.He has been published in AFRICAN WRITER and PRAXIS MAGAZINE.His work is about to be published in TUCK,BANGALORE ,NANTYGREENS and KALAHARI