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 […]
Time Changes
COMPLICATED- 17
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 […]
INDOORS
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 […]
My Future
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 […]
Complicated- 16
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 […]
Away from Agnes
Sitting here with my lady PaulaI see a familiar dance of persuasionLooking fixedly from a distance, my mouth is agapeThe way Agnes moves above the hips yet againHer physique communiqué is on […]
Enjoy the fuel
When you are discouraged, think of those words as fuel.Sometimes people say hurtful things and it will sound cruelFuel goes both ways, it could go bad and explodeOr it could feed your […]
Complicated- 15
As Claire walked away, she felt really good with herself, “I will show that woman yet. . .” she thought. When she got home, Ken and Susan were still seated in the […]
Find your Soul a Home.
In the world of uncertainty,Where blindness is at its peak,When lies becomes the norms and murder is natural as the oceanFind your Soul a Home. Have you seen enemies disguise as friend?And […]
