Sleep clutched me at the nape of the neck, as I struggles awake. I reached out and my hand found it, the light switch. Sweet warm light flooded into the living room. Awake and slightly disoriented, I staggered to a sofa, stifling a yawn, wondering why I had sleepwalked to the sitting room. The tick-tock … Continue reading The Waking Dream
You don’t wanna hear this story. Trust me you don’t. But then I didnt wanna live it either. I really didn’t. I dont even want to tell it, not if I don’t have to. But here we are. I’m telling because doing so brings me peace and you’re reading, because you have an insatiable thirst … Continue reading Liar Liar
Will I be great? The answer to that question is…I don’t know. And I think the right question is: will I be happy? I do not know either. What do I know right now? That I am not happy right now. Obviously, or I wouldn’t be wondering if I would be happy. You see, truly … Continue reading Will I Be Great?
I watched it take aim, silent as a shadow. They were skilled, these humans. I waited. The tense moment, the silence after the lightning flash. Before thunder, when everything was magnified. Time stretched. My padded foot could feel the undergrowth with ultra sensitivity. I watched the hunter take aim. I was hungry, slightly so but … Continue reading The Mercy of The Wild
May we ever walk the wild side And sow the wild vine To kiss without shame And laugh amidst rain For I have found it true The blacker the berry The sweeter the merry II So for the honeyed nectar From thy cloistered lips In its hidden shelter And to tender sips I gift this … Continue reading A Sonnet To Victoria Kandii
Things I learnt in 2015 This might be coming a bit late, considering that this is already the second month of 2015. But you know what they say, ‘better late than never.’ Though never late is better. One of the things I learnt last year. Just kidding. I learnt that a long time ago. :) … Continue reading Things I learnt in 2015
Zombie warZ Part 2: Burnt Cookies As told by Donald PenPrince (For part 1 and what happened before. See:http://www.naijastories.com/2015/11/zombie-warz/ ) Two men conversed as smoke billowed out the side of a burning building, in a hallway, on the thirteenth floor of the senate building. Neither seemed concerned by the fire or the jammed elevators. What … Continue reading Zombie WarZ Part 2
There are certain things I think about when I should be reading law books. They say my head is in the clouds. Maybe it is. I be thinking about things most would consider not of practical use or likely to help in my everyday affairs of being a student or my future task of earning a … Continue reading The Good, The Bad, and The Greater Good
SWORD, STAFF AND SCEPTREBOOK 1PATHOFOSIRISPROLOGUE/PREFACEI was in the great Temple of Ramses, situated at Abu Simbel. My path took me through the sanctuary, the room that contained the statues of the four gods of Egypt, the room that contained lots more. The sword Ra-sengis at my side. It is a plain nondescript blade with white … Continue reading The Path of Osiris
The Battlefield Nafisa cradled her husband’s head on the warmth of her naked breasts and stroked his beards while he looked into her face like a baby yearning for a conservative mother’s kiss. She said gently into his ears, ‘I have been telling you, wicked warrior, that this is not war but love. And yet … Continue reading The Battlefield
This one is about your ravishing beauty And your jet black hair that gleams so pretty Your eyes are deep caverns where I’m lost An eden of bliss where attempt at concentration is dust I could call you a thief for what you stole The glow of the sunrise which you bore as your stole … Continue reading A Sonnet To Wunmi
Zombie warZ Note: This may be in the fiction category, but its a true story. From one who lived it…
In this world, there are different types of human beings. There are the self-serving people, people who live for others, delusional people, selfish people, people who like to cause chaos and watch for amusement, money grubbers Or thrill seekers. Really, there isn’t an end to the variants of human vices and scummery on the face … Continue reading The Gaia Reset Project
You never know where your life can lead to, one moment you are sleeping peacefully in your room, the other…you screaming in a car about impact 22,000 pound Tanker on a road. One moment you can see a life of prosperity stretched indefinitely in front of you, the other minute, you are in a pool … Continue reading The Chattering Roads
I am sleeping for the tenth time today, not that I am drunk like I always am, not that I don’t have anything to do, I am sleeping again not cos I am sleepy or that I want to, but that I want to see it as a dream. I want this reality to become … Continue reading One Step Further