The crazy line between finding love and being desperate
Proverbs 27:7- “Honey seems tasteless to a person who is full, but even bitter food tastes sweet to the hungry” (NLT) I remember vividly the first time I came through this verse in the Bible, God made me remember a scenario that occurred in my undergraduate days. A room-mate of mine went home for a […]
Letter from a Rebel
Dear mother, I know you brought me up in the way of the Bible, And yes I know you’ve prayed for me never to stumble. I know you wish I was a child who’ll follow in father’s footsteps, But you see, things don’t always go the way we expect. I know you want the best for me, And yes I […]
#loaug – Lamentations Of An Ugly Girl Episode 7
lamentations of an ugly girl “Tooth brush, under wears, sun-shades, towels, make-up kit all check” I made a mental note of the things I had to take home with me before biding Jolomi goodbye wearing my Louis Vuitton … Continue Reading ››
Lost
The storm turned on, the skies raging forth Rain pouring hastening with the night My thoughts moving with the warm breeze So calm, I can feel the balance So free, I can feel the weight of her hips Let those stars escape a little Cut them loose from those strings Let’s parade around this night […]
Would You Tell Your Best Friend If His/her Partner Is Cheating?
Would You Tell Your Best Friend If His/her Partner Is Cheating? True friendship is an amazing thing. However, it has its setbacks. One main characteristic of a true friendship is honesty. All of us thrive, or even request honesty from our friends, but when we get it, sometimes instead of appreciating it, we get angry … Continue […]
The Last Curse (Chapter 5)
CHAPTER 5 Mrs Ibe grabbed my braids and smacked my head hard to the floor. I swear I heard my skull split into two. Lights exploded in my eyes. It was like watching fireworks sparkle in a night sky. It reminded me of the stars that … Continue Reading ››
Enough of Mere Men
Conformists fall for anything, Driven by others’ opinions like a leaf in the wind, The world is full of men who just want to blend in, Men who would sell their voice even if the world’ll come to ruin. History has its heroes, history has its villains, History has its record full of men who lived in vain, Men who cannot think for […]
Follow Your Dreams
“When you cease to dream you cease to live”, wise words from the great Malcolm Forbes, the astute businessman whose net worth is over $1 billion. Let’s take Martin Luther King Jr. whose pivotal message in his speech was having a dream. These two great men both had dreams and endured to see their dreams […]
Sydney
The plane was deafening. He could hear loud voices, distressed complaints, of people griped strangely by impatience. His tired eyes searched around. An Indian girl was smiling vehemently at a Nigerian man in his forties, who was about to take the seat beside her. A large Chinese woman struggled in haste, approaching Michael, through one […]
Inception
I walk alone along in the dark night three streets away from home staring blindly at the starry sky trying to find several answers to the many questions from my daughter. Where is mummy? She has asked over a thousand times and the echoes of her single question had … Continue Reading ››
Unbreak My Heart – EPISODE FIVE
“I am not absentminded. It is the presence of mind that makes me unaware of everything else.” – G.K. Chesterton Nathan stared out the car window. He was sitting at the back seat of the jeep, content now to be left alone to his thoughts. The Mode Men magazine lay on his laps, open and […]
Treasure and the lucky digger (PART 5)
My phone began to burst with calls and romantic text messages from Elizabeth. Each time I saw those texts I would laugh bitterly before deleting them. As for the calls, I kept rejecting them. I was not a type of guy that would insult a girl on phone. On one occasion I didn’t have the […]
Demons On Church Street : Episode Five
Rhoda was having a great week. Life was good without her parents staring at her, watching her every move. She knew her friends were probably not the best friends one could have but they had freedom, something she had always longed for. She had nagged and sulked until her parents had agreed to let her […]
I Have A Little Story
The poem is about a young girl who was raped at 6 and the aftermath of the rape on her psychologically. Title: I HAVE A LITTLE STORY I have a little story Excerpt from my allegory Hope and Island of Great Glory It’s all about poor Glory A very little ‘cherry’ Who had a sorry […]
2014: No More Drama
It’s been an amazing year and if we take our time to take a slow drive through how the year has unfolded, we would reflect on the memories made; the good, bad and ugly ones. We would or reflect on the friends we lost and the new ones we met, the heartbreaks and the new […]