I live past me!
March 4, 2020PoemsI bleed red,The scars rustedthe tears overflown,I craved for painnot for a sympathy gainquite long living suffocationI lived throbbing in every pulse,flowing in every veinI die less faster than i...
The Sketch
March 4, 2020PoemsA pale and colourless piece of art.I found in my cupboard,Made by someone close to my heart.It was a sketch with no shades.Or, the colours have been washed up by the waves.Some spark was there,In...
WORDS OF A SHATTERED SOUL
March 4, 2020PoemsWhen I was in a state of despair,I made up my mind of desist everything.I was fully covered with darknessNo hope of light!No hope of happiness! No one was there to help me out.No one was there to...
I Waited Here
February 13, 2020PoemsI waited here Those long hours, for youHopeful, you would notice me todayThen you cameAnd you gave a glanceTwo-second attention – like a goldfishI countedThrough the hurry in your eyesI...
Delusions
January 23, 2020Short storiesFola grinned on the front page again, beside the president. Why him all the time? Where has he been that I haven’t? I’ve been to the tropical paradise where green carpet damps the...
Just Another Song
January 12, 2020PoemsI want to know what you’re writing I want to know if it’s about me I need to know if you’ve thought the way I do I want to know how often and what it is What it is you think about What did I...
Dry Throat
January 12, 2020PoemsMy heart hasn’t beat like this for so long My mouth hasn’t been this dry in forever That same feeling in the back of my throat I used to have everyday It’s surprising to me that I feel...
Dead Super Hero
January 4, 2020PoemsIt started as pinches, the type that made your neighbours run to the wall, to hear his words tingle – pins. You noticed, as you walked the street, neighbours whispered, “see where he...
The Hand that Fed Him
December 30, 2019PoemsEfe bit the hand that fed him. The fingers cried – pitiable waah! The thumb watched in awe. But Efe showed no remorse. He would still carry his shoulder, like one who hides a boil in his...
What Could Be Wrong with the Right?
December 28, 2019PoemsIn my own right I’ll say Julie was not always right For she would think her left was the right But her right wasn’t the right, but the left Twas hard to tell her That the right was...
The Uncouth Fling
September 28, 2019PoemsYou still remember? That noteworthy December When flakes of snow coated our legs Frigid, yet we damned the regs. Stuffed in the unclothed diary An artifact that archived your fiery Our...
Amaka
September 28, 2019Short storiesLook at us. Amaka, just look at us. The rocks are broken; the spring is dying. We no longer care. The way a hen spread her wings around her chickens, that was how I once shielded you from hate....
Nampang
September 25, 2019Short storiesNampang, she remembered it all, the way a river remembers how to run. A long time ago, say when she was twelve, she joined the chase. When the rooster crowed, it meant two things. One, it was...
To Love or Not to Love
September 24, 2019PoemsI am a cosmic green That hangs above your sky Chunky tar Bloated to the brim Unavoidable quiescent Spreading warmth to your ice I indulge We live This is how to love -selfless Your desires are...
My Other Love
September 24, 2019Short stories“It is over between you and me. I can’t take this no more.” It is crunch time. Enough is enough. I maintain a steady gaze. My eyes are red. If that is what they mean by fire in...
Wondering of Thoughts
September 24, 2019PoemsMy thoughts are scattered pieces broken into curves and dots, and spikes too — touchy irritants. They wander in the marble of blue. Sometimes they are pebbles dangling in the dark depth of gloom...