PROPHET OF DOOM

PROPHET OF DOOM

By Abiola OlaOluwa

The winds are blowing,

Secrets are unfolding,

The chicken’s rear is exposing.

They call you principality—who called you to ministry?

Before you say God, my question is rhetorical.

Just listen and watch:

Are you a prophet turning people into puppets?

Your beginnings were rough,

Your heart mirrors your looks,

You manipulate reality,

People die in silence.

Charity was a mask you wore,

But it only covered part.

Your mask, a pivot of deception,

It’s all written in your screenplay.

Now the ripple effect is on display,

Please, someone tell me it’s not real.

A chameleon's lifestyle,

Your calling, a merchandise,

We call it spiritual GBAJUE.

Psychology replaces vision,

Unthinkable miracles on display,

Magical power manifesting,

Twisting fingers to control minds.

Principality, who called you to ministry?

Oh! Sorry, I know nothing about you,

But these days, your boxers reveal your buttocks,

They know the odor of your body,

They perceive the smell,

They know when you snore,

They have your secrets.

One day, you’ll leave the scene,

They will have your keys,

And your secrets will be revealed.

AFEFE AFE AKUKU RI FURO ADIYE,

Eagle saw you on a prayer mountain,

Filmed from a distance, twisting your mouth,

Pretending to pray.

YEYE THING!

Prophet of doom, I call you,

You speak when God is silent,

We thought God was talkative,

EMI INU AWON WOLI SPEAKS AT WILL.

But the prophet brags and speaks all the time,

In the name of God.

I am afraid to identify with you.

Beware of false prophets,

They come in sheep’s clothing,

But inwardly are ravenous wolves.

You will know them by their fruit,

Are grapes gathered from thorns, or figs from thistles?

Every good tree brings forth good fruit,

The wind is blowing,

Revealing the charm under their cassock,

The charm under their tongue.

When God says nothing,

You speak in the name of gods, not God.

You are to be put to death.

What exactly are you seeing?

God’s hand will be against the prophets,

Who see false visions and utter lying divinations.

They prophesy false visions, divinations, idolatries, and delusions,

Of their own minds,

They speak visions from their own minds,

Not from the mouth of God.

*Abiola OlaOluwa, 

Poet & Author*

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