My heart beat slowly
But I waited.
Alas the outcome came
The heart missed multiple beats.

Tears unable to flow this time
Words can’t describe.
Persevering mind shattered
Months of sleepless night in […]

Ikeja had only been this quiet once. The first time was eleven years ago when I cried as my father threw I and my mother out of his house because my little brother had our neighbour’s dentition and facial […]

I woke up, covered in a fog of turquoise-white and maroon-gold. I could remember me and Billy, my crazy pit-bull, were walking a lonely mountain track. The unruffled breezy clouds perched on my skin, I nipped […]

I was driving one Saturday afternoon with my three year old child beside me. On reaching a road block, I was stopped by the policemen.
” Park” they instructed.
I quickly complied, brought out all his vehicle […]

The forlornly cloud pompously
Swallowed the sun out of the scene.
Dusty sand whirled through the air
Sending shivers of smoky breeze
From the dusty desert dune.
Falconiform birds liked leathers soar
High […]

Why should I hold it in?
Is my heart an inn?
Why should I not say when I have been hurt?
Will you only learn the evil your shunning made me do when I become a member of the dreaded cults?

Why can I not cry […]

Acknowledgments
I thank God for giving me the Grace and Favor in completing and writing this book. Also, to my parents; Mr. and Mrs. Ochidi and my siblings. And of course my readers.
Thank you all.
© 2018 BY […]

Welcome to UNEC; the second daughter of the mothering Nsukka campus, birthed in 1961 in a serene corner of the very heart of Enugu city; a professional training hub for bright intellectual minds on an unwaivering […]

Take a nip its good
No, Mama says its evil
Nonetheless, it’s your daddy favourite
Mama says it kills him
Everyone takes it for pleasure

However, God forewarned against drunkenness
A sip won’t make you […]

What a fiery beauty you have become!

My brother, fruit of my father’s loins.
Auspicious,
Beautiful,
Promising.
Thence came our crossroads.
You chose West
I chose home.
I dine amala and ewedu
I wine fura […]

Niger area, an area occupied by revenue indebted culture without the activeness of equity in play. An area translated with the anxiety of greed in the veins of our leaders, yet nation envy your greateness. An area […]

I look back on the memories we’ve had sometimes ago
When life was free for every one of us, both young and old
When hiding in dilapidated buildings wasn’t a survival technique
And death was from nature, not a m […]

Chapter one
 

Stella watched sadly as her husband packed his suitcase. He just arrived home two weeks ago and he was already leaving again. Even though she didn’t like his job, there was absolutely nothing sh […]

THIS HOUSE IS NOT FOR SALE

This house is not for sale-
beware of my kitchened wife,
beware of Emeka, my son
& Tobi, my Son-in-law;
even Musa, my gate man.
Everyone is a thief in his room,
everyone is a […]

Without you every minute
Spent was like a year.
Daily I die a million dead
I can’t wait to tell you
How hard it really has been
Nursing nameless pain
Without your smile here.
I just had to let you […]