A Fresh Start
I’m ecstatic about the upgrade of my blog—it truly feels like a fresh start after being away for a while. But a fresh start isn’t just about stopping what you used to do and beginning something new. Sometimes, it’s about…
Titilayo
A Test
They say lightning doesn’t strike the same place twice. I am angry at God, how could he do this to me, why? ‘I am leaving. I can’t continue like this, I have put my life on hold for the past…
To Be loved And To Be Lust 2
Her husband came to the wardrobe, patted her back, and said, “Well done, Mama Church, well done.” She faked a smile at him as he walked away.He paid no attention to her anymore; he was so engrossed in himself, but…
THE GHETTO 2
Some of the people he preached to gave their lives to christ while others pretended to and still went back to their old ways of drinking, smoking and gambling. Blackie would sometimes joke and chat with them. As much as…
Crush or obsession
Tracy sat with keen interest as the pastor announced the next ministration by Brother Chigozie.She was like a child waiting for her father to bear her gift,you could see the awe look on her face as she could not sit…
Hearts like ground
You cannot give what you don’t have. Yorubas will say “oun ti eye ba je, oun lo ma gbe fo”, meaning what a bird eats, that is what it will use to fly. I was fifteen/sixteen years of age, I…
Honey in the carcass
While growing up, I think I was five or six then. My dad gave us an instruction not to switch on any appliances in the house since he was going out. We were meant to read our books or do…
Poem
A world full of wrinklesScars bold as a printsMinds full of selfThe length of our noseShows how far it is Wallowing in dirtOblivious of the stenchChasing after nothingGrasping the air ‘Unholy’, ‘Filthy’ they cussed‘Irukan ni wa’, i shouted backWe are…
A New Dawn (Episode 12)
I love you father, I serve you with all my heart, will you please bring back my joy for me. She is my joy father, she is. The tears were dropping as she screamed in her head, she needed answers.…
A New Dawn (Episode 11)
Two weeks after all that happened,the Solomons moved on with their lives. Things had gotten better for them even though the memories of Shola couldn’t be erased totally. There was no day one thing or the other wouldn’t remind them…
