I Slept Peacefully
Yesterday, I slept deeper and longer than I had in many months. I twisted and turned, and slept till there was no iota of sleep left in my eyes. Right here in the city of Ibadan, away from home, in the living room of my barrister friend, a three-bedroom flat, you’d think the three-seater sofa […]
Sister Rose
I remember Sister Rose. Sister Rose Òdòdó ẹ̀yẹ[1], as I was found to whisper her name to myself. I can’t forget Sister Rose, not in this lifetime. I was a young teenage boy back then in Ilorin who had just come from Lagos. It was quite a difficult time for me trying to figure out […]
First Flight
34,000 miles above sea level and I’m looking around me, wondering why I am alone at this moment of my life. And no, it isn’t because of the two love birds seated in front of me, locking arms, gisting, and laughing above the engine noise. No, it isn’t because I am alone on this trip, […]
Hope
Well, it’s hope that keeps us.
It’s hope that sustains us.
It’s because of hope that we are still here.
And those who choose to leave,
Perhaps have exhausted theirs
This is August
The past six months of my life have been crazy. And even more, the last two years. It’s been challenging. Maybe not the most challenging phase of my life, but the peculiarity of this time, made it stand out. I had never thought I’d be a victim of many of the things I encountered, recently. […]
These Hands
Hallelujah, these hands move again.
I had thought I’d be one to boast of always having something to write. That my hands, no matter what moments, can always find words to pour out. Until life happened.
Survival
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Quarter-Life Crises
For what it’s worth, I thought of naming this new writings ‘Pre-mid life crises’. Pre because it’s too early to have a mid-life crises. Mid-life because it seems it is the resolution or non-resolution of this crises that lays the foundation of the real mid-life crises. I think I’ll settle for quarter-life crises. These are […]
