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…
Titilayo
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…
A New Dawn (Episode 10)
They all entered the hospital and walked down the corridor leading to Shola’s ward. They got to her room and saw that she was covered all from head to toe. ‘Is this heat not too much, why did all those…
Couple Model?
“I will show you the stuff I am made of, I am a Lagos babe and I don’t take nonesense,” shouted Mrs.A. That was the noise we all woke up to in our very quiet environment at dawn that very…
A New Dawn (episode 9)
‘Mum’ said Shola, ‘yes my baby’ answered Dorothy. ‘Will you forgive dad please, I know you’re bittered and angry at him’said Shola weakly pleading her mum . ‘I and Dad talked so much the last time he came to hospital…
On Being an influence
You don’t need a large auditorium or a big crowd to leave an impact in the lives of people. You don’t need to speak a thousand words to comfort a distressed heart. That’s why the short sentence “I love you”…
A NEW DAWN (EPISODE 8
Happy new month my committed readers. In this new month may we have a cause to smile heartily. This is my gift to us in this new month . please do read and enjoy. I love you all from ‘God forbid’ she…
