Fate and careful planning had brought Martin my way again. My seeing him at the interview was no surprise as I had known from a contact within the company that he would be on the interview panel. Now for the next stage- making him fall in love with me (for real this time) then dumping … Continue reading Finding Tiwa (3)
For the rest of the long vacation, Martin and I were always together. We could not openly date as he still considered me too young. “Too young? I’m no minor but a young adult old enough to vote!” I would protest. Another issue between us was Nkem, his girlfriend on campus. I had seen her … Continue reading Finding Tiwa (2)
WRITE UP BY DINDY:SORROW Please do not share without talking to me personally and asking for permission, thank you for reading this write up… My pain hurts but no one knows, my heart aches with pain but no one understand, my situation is far more beyond fixing but no one seems to care, my world … Continue reading Story By Dindy: Sorrow
I never thought death would make me weep Never imagined pain could cut so deep I never knew what it means to be hurt Never understood what it feels like to be boiling in a pot Now my life is in a mare’s nest Dear God please rouse me from this nightmare Oh death! Where … Continue reading Death And Pain
What if I could place my foot in each imprint And trace my way back to the past What if I could once again live In that cocoon of completeness and laughter What if I could still be that And be in the now still… The tree fell: The iroko that had made the canopy … Continue reading What if…
Have you ever witnessed the birth of a child? A fragile babe thrust violently into our vile world? One more innocent one stained by the first lungful of air Such a beautiful thing it is, still Have you ever smelt the morning dew on leaves, so mild? Or the glint in an infant’s eye, lovingly … Continue reading Of things that are beautiful
The flame dies… it dies now growing cold in the noonday heat; Bleary eyes beg and implore seeking hope where none lies “Doctor! Doctor! Do something” The soul goes.. it goes now torn from its terrestial nest; Lifeless lids slowly they droop sinking for one last, last time… Pallid faces… masks of grief show their … Continue reading Doctor Do Something
August 14, 2012 7.35am There was a time… A long, almost forgotten time When we would lie in the shade beside the muddy pool Sleeping and basking in the sunset cool That was when life was fun When the day was lit by the sun When brothers didn’t march the streets in thirsty search Of … Continue reading There was a time….
Smiling tears of lean parents Praying a food that only bins could offer Taught economics Even … cancelling the physical Encouragements of these To teach a religion of reliance In Aondo for hope of better With history coming to offer a puzzle Of what (who) not to remember – (The Teacher Called the Count – … Continue reading On Certain Days
Grief came sliding down the slope In a whoosh it came and took Breathtakingly young lives it took Oh! What grief came with the snow Grief came crashing through the woods Hot, blinding it rushed and razed Hundreds of prime flesh charred in metal coffins In a bid to escape the heated flood Oh! What … Continue reading Death Served Hot And Cold