
People are doors. Pathways are humans.Some, a large and imposing hinged barrierPadlocks to a dream, Keys to a mighty fallNow I walk through a passage, hoping for the bestOpenings to self and […]
People are doors. Pathways are humans.Some, a large and imposing hinged barrierPadlocks to a dream, Keys to a mighty fallNow I walk through a passage, hoping for the bestOpenings to self and […]
We were supposed to live in serenityBut I wondered who started this.Now leaving in peace becomes the enemy of our being.Smile slowly wipes off our facesAs tears of joy express sorrows, GriefAs […]
1995 “Julia, I’m in trouble”Julia was used to her cousin being overly dramatic, Teni was due to return to the United Kingdom in a week, she had come to Nigeria barely a […]
YeahThe world is noisySo noisy you could get lost searching for silenceSo I let the walls that room me be the only voices I hearWhen I talk, they talk back, we understand […]
Life is a roller coaster, but its unpredictableI don’t know how things will be, but let me predict what I’m ableSorry, there was a break in transmission, let me plug back the […]
What was what about?” asked Julia.“Come on, don’t act like you don’t know” Teniola countered.“But I don’t” Julia insisted, she had forgotten how persistent Teni could be and she was frantically trying […]