THE APPLE- BY OJIJI

‎‎`When gods collide, will they become friends someday?`

`‎A world where Satan's worshiped, and God's followers are pagans in another's eyes, is this it, when two elephants fight?`

`‎The skies of differing beliefs, often cloudy and unclear,`

`‎Perhaps when they clear, the world will be free from dualistic fears.`

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`‎Who taught you that darkness is to be feared, yet you shut your eyes at night?`

`‎Who showed you to cherish life and fear death, to hug the moon and shun the sun's bite?`

`‎We cling to youth and fear the old, craving heaven, to hell with hell!`

`‎Yet, even the devil was once an angel, and sometimes there's too much good in bad, as there is in good.`

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‎`Gods are labeled evil, but which one are we serving, truly?` `Are atheist wrong?`

‎`When our deities are preached as dirty, our languages local, our colors black, associated with devils.`

‎`Our names lack weight, our clothes for special days, while theirs are celebrated every day.`

‎`We close doors to our gods and open them to foreign ones, forgetting our fertile land's wealth.`

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‎`We're bound by "do this, don't do that," yet the greatest gain lies in the "don't."‎We grow old to be wise, but wisdom often comes from questioning what's been taught.`

‎`Sometimes forbidden fruit tastes the sweetest, and it's forbidden for a reason, we'll find our true selves, if we're truly finding our true selves.`

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‎B.O.T OJIJI

- Nigeria