Do you play football? In a big rectangle carpeted in green. They seemingly aimlessly run around. Chasing a tiny inanimate object. Bumping on each other to seize it. Getting injuries from elbow hits. Or foot and toe pain from hard smatches. Angry abusive slangs follow suit unexpected. Rarely dead from shock to tension. Errors typically […]
Do you know you have a language voice? We deeply want the fluency. We strive for proficiency. Desperate to grow our correspondency. We long for consistency. Language is who we are. Aware that with practice we can get the pregnancy. We question values and relevancy. We work hard to improve illiteracy. Everyone’s understanding is the
Are you God’s workmanship? I am a great work in progress. Workmanship without regress. My destination has an address. No one can end or aggress. Every day I take a step ahead. Refusing a move behind instead. Determined to expand my gifts I spread. Planning for my story to be read. I am in complete
I check every flash for you, mother. Stare at all lights. Hope it’s a ‘helo’. Imagine it was you. Why did you go? Stay in touch, mother. My phone notifies. My eyes blink open. Expecting you will say “Na”. How you called me softly. Mother, where are you? Stay in touch, mother. You said “school
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Do you listen to a specific kind of music? Passing on every street corner. Big woofer speakers boom loudly. Vibrating beats made by expert DJs. Attracting and calling everyone who passes. The sound is irresistible. But what are the lyrics? Songs of nowadays are thick with immorality. Neatly embroidered with misconceptions about sex. Entangled in
Have your fingers been tired because of the keyboard? Sometimes the pains in life weigh on us so strong. The only feeling left is hardening. We become strong and thick because of accumulated hurt. The pain ends up looking like a stone. We think it’s impenetrable. But is that true? Absolutely it is true. Pain
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As l spread the beans on a tray. They lie tasteless. They look hard, like tiny rocks. Not ready to meet my intestines. As l shift them to sort stones. I push them around, finding weevils too. Also, checking if any holes are in them. I crack the few uncracked pods. Later, I drop them into
Did you know God is aware of everything we are experiencing? 2013 memories are flooding in. Death visited me. The pain made my heart numb. Tears dried from my eyes. My feelings went on holiday. All thoughts were muted. Words couldn’t cross the tall walls of my teeth. Sick eyelids couldn’t hug each other. My
Have you flown with an airplane before? How did we make an air conditioner to refresh us in the air? The tales of the giant bird’s belly are long to tell. It always feels like a moving freezer to me. What about you? How is our safety surrendered to a tiny belt-like strap? Our liberty
The cloud in the sky. Seemingly thick yet penetrable. Constantly journeying to nowhere land. So high everyone wants a touch. Looking soft and quiet, ‘what a comfort it can be? Mixing itself around intertwined like dough. Shining yellowish-white with the sun’s set and rise. Light gray to announce a change of coming water. Thicker grayish