Even the dog can bark And fishes sometimes murmur But when you cannot say what you wanted to say And had to agree to what was said Know you are no different from the dead Who are forced off by death. Even the antelope can elope And eagles sometimes walk in the open field But … Continue reading You Are No Different From The Dead
I was on my secondary school Facebook group some days ago, after I had commented on a picture, the guy that commented after me said “ha!!! Na this boy wey dey always speak big big oyinbo be this”. I laughed after reading the comment. I looked at his profile picture hoping I would be able … Continue reading After School – What Are You Remembered For?
Forgive father… Forgive My flaws got me this time Had I be as hallowed as Joseph I would have run Run faster than the hands of time Swifter than my shadow could catch. All I should have done went into coma My faith and morals deserted me Had the precious thing some inches far I … Continue reading Repentance
(Continuation) “Yes.” Chibuike continued. “He died because there was no money to pay for what Mazi Ogbulafor said our mother should buy. Father, when asked to bring money, recited his usual slogan, no money. Mother sold all her goods when her husband wouldn’t turn up only for daddy to take the money where mother kept … Continue reading Not What It Used To Be (Part Two)
“See… See… See… See the head of your family.” Chekwube said as she pointed her finger towards a man downing a glass full of beer. The man was seated in the company of other men laughing and drinking. Empty bottles of assorted beer brands were on their tables. “He comes home late every night and … Continue reading Not What It Used To Be (Part One)
Daddy… Daddy… The children called To be asleep, he pretended Because he already know what they wanted. To their mother He heard them stutter Hunger… Hunger… Hunger… Give our dying souls some breads, tea and sweetener And our schoolbags wrapped beefburger. To himself, he was angry Pinched his body in great fury Felt embarrassed for … Continue reading Good Wife
I have never heard where white men say: “Because we are white”, “They didn’t like us”, “They didn’t want us in the game”, “They are racists”, and other pity inducing words whenever they lost in a competition. Instead, they frowned at what they could have done that they didn’t do when they had the opportunity … Continue reading Lamentation Of Black Men
Had a bird at hand Eyes thousands in the forest That’s the way we’re Except you’re one of the few finest. Had a home so peaceful Invites angelic home breaker That’s the way we’re Except you’re one of the few finest. Living peacefully in a house roofed with law Wishes to live above it That’s … Continue reading That’s The Way We’re
They have called us names. They saw us as good for nothing. They always compare their time and ours and would never hesitate to use any derogatory word that came to their heads on us. It is even more suffocating if one have them in the family, and if one doesn’t, at least, one wouldn’t … Continue reading Younger Generation: Instinct And Survival
Just as it takes a curious mind to unravel a mystery, so also it takes a beautiful eyes to see and appreciate beautiful phenomena such as darkness, light, colours, form and shape of nature. Nature is beautiful! Yeah! It is very beautiful if only we would stop whatever we are doing for awhile and take … Continue reading Nature
When I was young I detested being told I was young I acted the script of adulthood that I conjured in my head I grew beards with all herbs, and enhancers I grew muscle all over me in the gym I memorised some wise sayings And when I was done, I walked about with my … Continue reading Young Man, Old Man
I missed home the way a child misses her late parents I missed the land where my innocent feet roamed Unsettling dust that disturbed the nostrils When the leaves were green and clingy. I missed the place where all around me were brothers Where the waters that bathed me, bathed others And I could tell … Continue reading I Missed Home
And after a very long time The one we missed returned. Like the christians await the Lord’s coming, His coming was heavily anticipated by all. And he came in his great glory On the day we lest expected, after all the wait The sky announced its coming Gleeful and naked, our children ran up and … Continue reading Rainfall In Enugu
Level That Tell Men Apart There is a level we all want to get to in life. A level of satisfaction, unbounded joy and fulfillments that tell men apart. A level that puts one in the uppermost stratum of life’s ladder. Some persons have gotten to this level, some persons are about to get there … Continue reading Level That Tell Men Apart
I know why an average Nigerian doesn’t smile His stomach hurts from hunger And his throat drier than the desert His heart is heavy and full of worries His mind is as the wall clock working day and night He has no house Only the old wrapper he laid on empty street. He was a … Continue reading I Know Why An Average Nigerian Doesn’t Smile