…What dominates a man’s thoughts? Thoughts of riches, fame, beauty, good health, success or God’s will? Even the leresis of our prayers hover around calls…calls for help and assistance from God. Likewise, our thoughts. Despite our heinous nature, all that man needs is help… HELP. We hope for the divine hand of God in all … Continue reading Rolled Up In Seconds
6:31pm In Jadison’s car. Mariam: Are you sure that father is still going to be in his office at this time? Jady: Certainly. My instincts never lie… Mariam: Hmmm…I am not so quite sure of that. I hope this is not one of your instincts that you once lived … Continue reading Crossed
Pineapple Estate, Time: 3:56pm Mariam: ( runs to hug her brother) Jady you’re back! Welcome home! Jadison: Thanks, sis. Where is mum and dad? Mariam: She just went for a walk with friends…She had waited too long for you. Dad’s at work, you know that…and…Where are the goodies? Don’t tell me you left Abuja’s … Continue reading Crossed From Cradle (Second Act)
Family? What sounds more harmonic than the thought of an ethereal bond keeping different minds, persons and thoughts together? Even a stench in a millennium can’t stand the sweet aroma of unity that abounds in a home…of a mother and a child…a father and his daughters..a man and his son…a sister and her sister…and indeed … Continue reading Crossed From Cradle
Deliya: I can never get true happiness from compelling someone to love me! Mark will return. He’s only being distracted. So why are you here, Rebecca? Tell me the truth. Emely: For family reunion! Now I know I’d be a grandmother soon! Deliya: If Mark should learn of your past, he’d hate you till the … Continue reading The Aisle of the Cursed – Part 3
Two days later, Thursday, Time: 10:34am. Students’ cafe. Phone conversation. Mrs Obiora: That’s my daughter. You will always make me proud. I hope you have learnt your lesson though! Gabriella : Certainly! I am so glad, mum. Dad called me early this morning. He’s so happy. Mrs Obiora: Indeed we all … Continue reading A Ride
So Deliya lived as an orphan in an orphanage home in the neighbouring country. She lived there till she was 18 years old. She had saved enough money to live on her own. She rented an old house and lived in it. Indeed, everything was on a brighter side in this country. Everyone liked her … Continue reading The Aisle of the Cursed – Part 2
(There is this thing that runs deep into our thoughts. It always seems sharp, dark and uneasy. Deliya opened the letter in her hands. Behold, It was a letter from her past; with magic imprinted on it. ………………………………………………………… Dear Deliya, I am your beloved friend; the reminder of your past! I see your … Continue reading The Aisle of the Cursed
At September’s mall, Green Avenue. Time: 2:56pm Ijeoma: Seriously, I still don’t know why we have to rot in this country. Many of our mates have all gone overseas. Why should we rot here? Gabriella: I don’t know…What better alternative do we have other than just to sit around and hope for a better future … Continue reading A Ride
A certain hour came and heard I a voice. If it was a dream, then I was awake in my slumber. The voice arose in isolation of my choice, And in the vacuum of my wander; For my heart was weary and my eyes were heavy. When the memories of the trials of my past … Continue reading The Voice
And noon came, Despised it was like an old bag, Rotten had become of its fame; Oh, the sun has gone wretched like an old hag! Their tongues wagged at his feet, They could bear him no more , Their love for the sun has kissed defeat. And to the heavens, he looked with his … Continue reading The sun cried
In this turbulence so frigorific, my heart vomits words of worry, As the walls disparage from the air; My lips pray you with leresis in fraught hurry. And I look unto the heavens where I seek help. For in salacity, my soul is as dark as death. But I indeed in repentance, need his fortress … Continue reading He hears
The sky couldn’t adore less her new colour; That emerges from the chi of my soul the dark fumes of death. Which thou art eluded me of thy own honour. So on my couch I lay envisaging the silent earth, As dark flameless smoke engulfs into the sky like locusts from the plague; Albeit the … Continue reading The 14th day
Along the gloomy path, Underneath the rhythms of the air’s bath, We lie amidst in each other’s hearts, Singing as the wind bathes us with peace, And the sun shines on us with bliss. While the storm hides from us its part, We all danced;as that one tree,to the melodies of the rain, As our … Continue reading Along the Path of Ekuranme
Let the windows of our eyes behold this! The battle the kings would never miss. Let all nations surround us, And watch as we war the war of wars against our enemies. Today, our tongues shall count more gains than loss, We have long been cajoled in the aftermath of their atrocities. The Lion of … Continue reading I Pledge Allegiance To My Soul