I need to cry but you did not need to die For in this life you were the fly guy Everyday I looked at you I looked up to you You never had to leave the house to work But you did and this made me want to grow from being a cub From the […]
Tag: death
Receipts
6th of April 95, family in ward one is ecstatic Voices raised in praise to the almighty Phone call made by father says, Daughter, your brother has finally arrived. Mid deep in conversation describing smile of his son To the soprano in his daughters voice Interrupted by the words dangling half hazardly on On the […]
Capital “D” migraine
The stress of religion The marks left by the beast are evident The position of power The playing of god by man The mind of a sinner The role of sin in humanity The stance taken by the wicked The plans of evil The milk is from the snake The sap is taken from the […]
Comfortable Complacency
Idleness breeds Mindless curiosity towards the conceptual versions of what the truth is not All these seem to keep me busy as the world chooses to Trend my nation #Nigeria We are under siege it might seem but the reality of this realization is that many do not share this obvious burden The average man […]
Résurrection
Walk though me, step inside my head but for a moment,see and take the stairs leading down to my heart Knock on the door of my conscience, follow the Rythem of my breathing Search through my memory banks, click restore Give me back all that I have lost or deleted , Backup my files up, […]
Try A Little Tenderness?”
Over the Years I have looked up to men from my lowly position of boy but from that stead another looked with me and his name Nnamdi Ehirim Opeyemi . He is a friend , brother and most importantly a compatriot. I have searched for words to express my distaste and disdain for the events […]
Sheol (The Place Of The Dead)
“Like sheep they are appointed for Sheol (the place of the dead); death shall be their shepherd. And the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their form and beauty shall be consumed, for Sheol shall be their dwelling-Psalms 49:14″ The place of remembrance is the place of death , a section […]
After The Silence (Skit)
“I have learnt silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet strange, I am ungrateful to these teachers” For the greatest lesson I wish to learn I am yet to encounter and this is the event that occurs after the Silence. Many great men come across walls marinated with […]