BELIEVE THIS!...

You're winning. You simply cannot fail. 
The only obstacle is doubt; 
There's not a hill you cannot scale
Once fear is put to rout.

Don't think defeat, don't talk defeat,
The word will rob you of your strength.
"I will succeed," This phrase repeat 
Throughout the journey's length.

The minute that "I can't is said -
You slam a door right in your face.
Why not exclaim, "I will" instead?
Half won then is the race.

You close the door to your success
By entertaining one small fear. 
Think happiness, talk happiness, 
Watch joy then coming near.

The word "impossible" is black.
"I can" is like a flame of gold.
No whining, heart! Eyes! look not back;
Be strong, O Will! and bold.

You're winning, though the journey's slow; 
You're gaining steadily each day.
O Courage! what a warmth and glow 
You shed along your way. 



Bolaji Sparks

Review on the book “Things Fall Apart” Author – Chinua Achebe

“Okonkwo was deeply grieved . And it was not just a personal grief. He mourned for the clan, which he saw breaking up and falling apart and he mourned for the warlike men of Umuofia, who has so unaccountably soft like women.” - Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe


Crops and their significance.
Yams and manliness
Coco yam
Cassava



 The African art of Conversationalism.
Proverbs
Kola

The Man -  Okonkwo
short and ill tempered

The concept of polygamy and the definition of manliness


The passion of the wrestling events

When your ancestors are drunkards and gluttons
when your dieties cant fight for themselves

Food
Meals- Roasted plantain, oil beans and fish
Roasted yam and palm oil in the farm.
Yam porridge and chicken.



Nwoye
capacity for empathy and clairvoyance.
Christianity appeal
Mother -
The earth is our mother
Exile
Burial


Marriage Rites in Umuofia and Communality

Negotiation in Marriage
Commitment
Shifting grounds (compromising)
Moving forward
Jigida
Marriage as complimentary, symbiotic, role management..

 African way of life  by similarities
Killing of Twins
Child mortality and reincarnation
The yoruba concept of "Abiku" and that of the igbo "Ogbanje" 
Kinship and Camaraderie

Love Story
Ndulue and Ozoemena - dying minutes apart.

 Metaphors
Dimaragan
Okonkwo’s Gooatskin Bag.


Names and the African society
Ozoemena - May it not happen again.
Onwunbiko - Death, I iomplore you.
Onwuma - Death may please himself.
Nneka- Mother is Supreme
Nwofia – Begotten in the wilderness.

Patriarchy and paternalism


Belief on the esoteric
Will of the gods vs method of execution
The appeal of a loving , long suffering God as opposed to a swift, decisive, vindictive and rigid one.

Ceremony of confessions

Rites of Passage and stages in the human life.

Societal hierarchy

Dialect “Myself” “Buttocks” homophones?

Post 7 years definition of the Umuofia community.


Belief system and the role of religion on strengthening the bonds of kith and kin or otherwise.

Colonialism
How colonialism came about
Support from the indigent.
Cleverness - Understanding as the white man’s tool of warfare.
The trinity called Colonization, religion and education.
The lackeys called hospital and commerce.
James Smith vs Brown Shepherding styles
The white man’s arrogance as shown in Reverend Smith and the District Commissioner.
50 bags of cowries
The genesis of bureaucratic corruption.
Kotma

Relativity of Good and Bad.
What is good is one land is abominable in another.

Over zealousness, zealot, fanaticism, faith and belief.

The Character Called ENOCH.
Agent Provocateur
The outsider who wept louder than the bereaved.

addendum

My Take on the book.
Things fall apart is a clever book elucidating culture while covertly opening up the gradual steps at colonization and it’s attendant evil.

Essien . Allan

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“I’ll kill you”...

Same voice
She creeps in each time
Luring me away from sanity
Taking control
Same voice

"All you've got to do is drink this. No-one would notice, its painless" she says
I smile and tell her No!
I'm not thirsty.
"Heres the easiest way. Its bloody though, but eventually you'd be cold as ice" she says
"Shut up!" I yell at her "I have tried that and I never left, I'm still here! "
"Okay, I'm sorry. I was just trying to help" she says
"I don't need your help! I'm fine" I snap back


Same voice
She creeps in each time
Luring me into insanity
Taking control
Same voice


"Today is the best day, you know this" she says
"I know right, but how would they feel? "
I reply
"They would hurt, but then again you are hurting! They don't understand! They can't help, but I can" she says
"They totally don't! I try to help them see but they are blinded by thier own feelings and my faults!! They don't hear my words" I reply irritated
"I know darling,that's why you must do this today.. I'd help you through it all" she says
"Okay.. Okay.. I'm ready" I reply


......
Same voice
Taunts
Hunts
Frustrates
Lures
....

"NOOOOOOO!!!! I WILL NOT"
"GET OUT OF MY HEAD"
"I WILL NEVER DO THAT AGAIN"
"ID WAIT"
I yell at her!!!


.....

Sometimes we hear tiny voices luring us away from the real beauty in living.
Living isn't supposed to be all bliss..
Its filled with so much sorrow, pain, hate, frustration, envy, anger, discomfort, betrayal and torture..
But when you wake up and realize who you are and choose who you should be regardless of all the bad shit, you would realize why life has all that list of bad energies.
Its all in growth.
Living is growing.
Its up to you to decide how you want to grow.
You must not be rich, tall, educated, pure, or holy to understand that life was given to you for a purpose!

Choose Life!
Admire the sun.
Admire the blue skies.
Awe in wonder at thunder!
Bask in the sun!
Be a Being.
But choose how to be the being that you are.


Say No to Suicide!
For even in death..
We know not our fates in the end.



I Chose!



Written by Cruss Zoba Ndee
September 27 2018
2.00am
@official_crussaffairs1
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The "I know Me" series...

In the "I know Me" series, We've got people exploring themselves, opening up their individuality to each other.

With no boundaries, we got amazing and mind blowing responses from the Being underneath the thinker, the stillness behind the mental out pour, the love and joy underneath the pain they explore freedom, salvation and  enlightenment.

Note: Some Names Have been changed
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I'm Livia
I'm a mother,I'm a child...
I'm the 8th planet in my familial galaxy....
I'm a Lionness,I am Gold....
I'm a Ruby, I'm a Yellow Lily...
I'm a charmer...I rule the Sun🌞...
My element is fire and my day is Sunday💃🏼💃🏼
My polarity is positive and my quality is fixed...
I have an addiction...it's attention 🤦🏼‍♀...I need it, scratch that..I crave it in intense doses.

I am Passion and Romance..
I am Drama...
I am Loyalty.....
...and I am playfulness
But I need to learn patience,
I need to learn to share the spotlight...
I need to conquer procrastination.....
I just need to be a Better Me


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I am not afraid to say the words you shy away from..
But the phrase so commonly uttered that one I say with caution..
Sometimes I can be so out of place like a nose on a face but then like every other hair on the head I blend in when I have to..
The thing & people I love I love intensely, the things I don’t care about do not exist...
I handle sex they way I would a Russian roulette, with some it is a win with others just an empty click, no hard feelings..


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My name is Annie. among other names I can't even start to mention🤦🏽‍♀.... Call me the girl with many names but I definitely do have a face. I'm a lot of things....i think I'm still on the journey of self discovery until then I can only say that I'm bits and pieces of everything under the sun.


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I am the silent scream in the night.
The wail of the misunderstood.
The rage of the pained.
I am the glow in your dark.
The anchor when all else fails.
I detest accolades, I cherish actions.
I am a porcupine, cursed with thorns, but childlike inside.
I suffer the pain of ESP, imagine having to hug those sharpening the blades to stab you with and you know.
I am a unique balance of good and evil, a fusion of dark and light.
My one true joy is to nurture growth even if the bloom blocks my sun.
I am the proponent of the flux where Life imitates Art.
I believe that Every Saint has a Past and Every Sinner, a Future.
I am the forgotten and the dammed, I am the desired when life damns.
My parts are 70% unknown, 10% alluded, 10% assumed and 10% not fucking bothered.
I am a father, a brother, an enemy and a friend.

I know the me that words can't describe.
To know is to experience me.

My name is Joe, yet I have been known by many names through time...
2Deep
EniGma
Lucifer
UsualSuspect
Cross
Cronos
V-Code


I am Contra-diction...

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Hello, my name is  Damz, some call me Ice D, a quite a number call me Damice....and a few are beginning to call me DJ Ice D. If you don't know me or you're meeting me for the first time, pls note that you'll find out that I'm Critical, stubborn, quarrelsome, controlling, rude and  manipulative. However, when you do decide to get to know me, you'll discover that these weaknesses define me and are quite harmless, basically because you'll see that I'm Hardworking, passionate, loyal, honest, successful and responsible. I am a Closer, a person you'll always want on your team. I'll like to say I take no prisoners....but unfortunately I do.....so they can continue to regret being taken. Now you almost know me.....Good morning.

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I have sought to find who I am in this enormous crevice called life.
In my to quest to grasp what I sought,
I found that this individual could be likened to several pieces of an elaborately configured malfunctioning device.
The steady nuance of perfection innate in man to clench gnawed.

And thus tirelessly, eagerly, I attempted to iron out the rumples and clean out the stains that I may find what I desire.
The summit of frustration was all that was offered, at it's peak danced gusts of wind as soothing as a boxer's fist.
With it came a dusk of realization, that perfection was a mask of disguise.
It's vile deliciousness took hold of my palates, revealing that like ancient hieroglyphs all of me isn't subservient to a definition.
So I embraced every piece, relished every taste, while daily a new piece dangled waiting to be devoured.

I became
An anguish and pleasure
A truth and a lie
A dream and a reality
A hideousness and a beauty
A friend and a foe.
A chaotic order.
A beguiling insanity.
Empathy in ruthlessness.
The pain that soothes joy.
The peace that strangles fright.
The death that brings life.
The darkness that brings light.
The uncertainty of a child and the confidence of an old soul.
As an obscure reflection is,
I Am..
As a deliberate misconception is,
I Am Not.
This is, the well from which my art drawn..

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 I am Gerald.
This name itself means
Ruler with a spear.
I am a lot of things to so many people
To some I am loyal to a fault
To some I am an ass.
I am a lover to many, I am a heart breaker,
I am naughty by nature, I have sexual fantasies, some I have fulfilled ,some i am yet to indulge. I am whatever u want me to be friend, confidant, lover, dominant but not submissive.
Like an iroko I always stand strong,
 Like clit on a woman, I am soft most of the times but I am also capable of being hard and staying hard until I am done exacting my revenge.

I am weak, I am strong.
Sometimes I have people around me but deep inside I still feel lonely and starved.

When I love, I love intensely,
I love to smile and I laugh a lot.
For some reason, My heart is always happy. Always laughing, always adventurous,
I have a short fuse, I am quick to anger but I am also quick to let it go, I never fail to express myself just so u know I took offense.
Sometimes I am misunderstood to be aggressive but deep down, this is not how I really feel.




To be continued

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I am Ezinne
A mother, a woman
Embracing all facets of my feminism, I am fused with the energy of the Ying and Yang
A fighter
A lover
Known to damn consequences
I fight for what I believe in
I can kill for my brood
I am not to be stereotyped as I can't fit into any box you put me
I hate labels and would not conform to expected standards
I am a born rebel
I have a heart full of love, same can turn to ice with the flick of a switch
My life is a never ending journey of knowledge gathering hence I am still a work in progress
Imperfect but loving every bit of me
I believe in fairness, what's good for A should also be given to B
I am driven by passion and dream large
I'm no small girl but a big girl with a bigger God 🙏🏼


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So.....

Let me introduce myself...

I am living several versions of myself in this life,
I am a brother, I am a son and I am a leader.
I am the friendship in the beginning,
I am a student, with a love for learning,

I am a junkie, feeding my addiction,
I am a book-worm, it is a mental condition.
I am happy with moments of bliss,
I am sad for someone whom I miss.

I am without sight, living completely blind,
I felt crazy and insanity overtaking my mind.

I am wrong and I am mostly right,
I am a paradox of myself, difficult to figure out tonight.

I won’t justify who am I or what I am about.
I am just a human being with feelings, a heart, a mind and a soul with eyes.

I am me
I am Nneka - Mother is Supreme
I am a daughter, a sister, a lover, a friend.
I am all love and absolutely no hate, I can dislike but never hate.
I strive to be perfect although no one can ever really be.
I love to give people room to be themselves.
I give people benefit of doubt because I believe they do not know better when they act a certain way.
I always strive to see the best in people for I believe there is always a good side to everyone no matter how terrible they seem.
The only competition I have I life is me and I strive to get better every day.
I am the sun.
I spread warmth where ever I find myself.
I draw my strength from God and my Mother.
I dislike conflict and would anyways be known as the one who runs away from a fight.
I am a protective mother hen of things and people I love.
I do not let people or situations define me
I am me and I can only get better.


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Nneka.
That was what they called me at birth.
I am a lot of things but most of all, I am a PARADOX.
I am a woman
I am a feminist
I am a lover
I am fighter
I am a dreamer
I am today just as I was yesterday but tomorrow, I look to become
Amazingly, before i am all of what I am, I am HUMAN
I live for the truth
I dream of perfection
For me, it is trust at first sight until you earn my doubt
I have given my life to loving truly, honestly and wholeheartedly
I have known pain, betrayal , disappointments and I have also been a source of same
I am no liar
I am no judge
They told me I am rude, and I told them I am living my truth
I say how I feel just so I do not bear any grudge against any human
I know no hate (far be it from me)
I would fight you today and give my life for your course the next day
Laughter is my constant
I ask how people are doing expecting to hear them say fine just so I am assured that one day, I too will be fine
I am a survivor
I am rising above the tide
I am an avid believer in the stories of people
I am no religious human but I know there is a God who watches                                                             
Mother is supreme, is what they called me but my womb is yet to carry seeds
Maybe, tomorrow, I will change, but for today, I am;
A perfection perceived through the eyes of various mistakes
The heart that is broken with eyes that continue to show love
The tide that stills the ocean
(I am) Who I am that acknowledges the I am that I am
A god at the mercy of the great God
A mirage lost in the sphere of reality.
The trophy constantly shaping to become The Woman
NNEKA is my name not ME


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I am woman

In the loins of man first carried around, a testimony to the humor of the Creator
In the womb of woman nurtured and borne to be born in agony, expelled from a womb with a painful tear.

In me you find your joys, your fears. For of me you were born.

To be lover and child.
To be mother and friend.
To break your heart and to restore your hope
I am strong for so I was created.
I am strong for my journey has made me so.

My mistakes....here an ode to the audacity of youth, there a testament to the results of a heart unguarded and a will untrained.

My victories..purposefully wrought or unthinkingly achieved.
Here I am. Woman. Loved. Used. Celebrated. Vilified. Adored. Disdained.
Your orgasms celebrate and disparage me. Think beyond sex man child. For the spillage of your mind are the orgasms here
I am woman. Tentative. Resolute. Beguiling. Hurtful. Timid. Arrogant. Needy. Confident.

I am she whom you left to be with another. Whom you chose at the expense of another. Whose emotions nurtured you on your search for another.

In me is your fulfillment and your derailment.  I am woman.


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How Beautiful is Beautiful?

The word is beginning to sound vague to me.

We see a dress
Oh this is Beautiful!
We see a car
Its so Beautiful!
We see the sky
Isn't she Beautiful?


Beautiful🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣

Why do you exist?

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I am the son of the Iroko…born strong
I tread where angels fear to…I am not an angel
I believe life is for the living…maximize it
The world is a beautiful place, so the Creator intended it
I must leave it as beautiful, but surely not less
But, what is beautiful
There is no impossibility anywhere…look up then look in, for therein lies all the answers to life’s questions
I live not for you, or anyone
I believe in the brevity of life
I believe in the Last Day, where all actions will be accounted for
While there is day, I work
Like all mortals, I work, pray and wish for the best…well, some mortals
Welcome to my world…all things are possible


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My name is Joy. I'm a happy girl who loves life and family is everything to me. I'm not an excellent writer like most of you here but I love reading good stuff I'm am who I am and unapologetic about the way I was created. I'm a truckload of sweetness 😁 and I always want to love, live and learn.


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Who am i?

I am Cruss!
First fruit of my mother's womb!
First born of my Father's loins!
Born on a rainy day in December.
Even I cannot remember.
I am God's gift to mankind
Born in sin
Born sinner
I am remarkable to some
I am unbelievable to some
I am unpredictable
Don't get me wrong
I don't really know me too well😁
But I crave to know more about myself☺

For all I know may be lies
But I am truth
I am the fight in wars
I am the sight to behold
I am fearless
I am relentless
I am like onions
You cut me, you cry
I am like water
I quench your thirst
I am like the ocean
Surplus with waves
I am like the birds
Freedom is priceless
I cannot be another
Or even try to be you

For I am different from the rest
I am mistake
I am pain
I am chaos
I am rain

Imperfectly perfect
I am human
I am woman
I am everything you can't be
I am friend to some
I am enemy to none

I'm a lover
I'm a fighter
I am an Igbo Goddess
Tradition crowned me Ada
Conditions created My being.
I am like Esther..

I am strength
I am a soldier

I am a broken cord
but I am music.

I am so many things I believe in.

Mostly God!

I am God's god.


#Whoami
#WordCrafters
#Cruss
#SacredTumeric
#MusingsofanOcean
#LimitedEdition


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I am the line drawn in the sand, life's very manifestation of desire and life's desire to manifest. I am death standing tall on the foundation of life giving words, breathed by my ever faithful mother who refused what life allotted her; a stillborn. I am an oxymoron; An oxygen breathing moron, for that is my approach to knowledge. The more I know, the more I know there's so much more I do not know. I am humble, I can make boast and yet I have the pride of 7 strong men and (their virility too😉) coursing through my veins, begging to be awoken, for yet they slumber and the depth of their slumber sometimes belies their thirst for life and breath. Make no mistake, for those who sleep, unlike the dead, can be awoken.
Can I truly say that I know myself? Not at all for that would contradict the sentence in bold. Yet I have embraced myself and this journey of discovery; the highest highs and the lowest lows and the sweet in between like peanut butter and jelly 😋.

Food is life and life is food, if you disbelieve, argue with thine ancestors and they shall relate to you why they lived for ages and you feel already the pangs of old age. For their food was their medicine and their medicine their food. Self acclaimed foodie 🤣😜.

I am the everlasting yearning, the frenzy of desire  the fire between your loins, the need that rages and roars as it is fanned by the wind of my insistent rejection of your subtle advances. Innocent and Serpent; Curious how they both end in "ent" No ? I hereby give your mind the liberty to wander in wonder.

I am a walking contrast, what you would call childhood was my adulthood, I am an anointed sinner, a little Iroko , an introverted extrovert, the carcass of life, unlearned intellectual.

To people and my dreams, I'm a trained Schizophrenic, though quick to anger by nature, I've been blunted by nurture, blinded by the love I have for mankind and so I see what I choose to see, not what is apparent. For all isn't always as it seems, an angry yell might just be a cry for help and so can be a wry smile🤷.
My mind is the Labyrinth and I am the Minotaur; Of love(don't get too close though, I bite! Love bites 😝), care, sympathy, understanding. But make no mistake, a Minotaur will always be one, be careful what buttons you press! 🙃

Okay, bye!🙃


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We are who we are
You are what you want to be.

This is me,
From dust I came,
Unto dust I shall return
We are all the same.

For I am liquid, I go with the flow
Raging drops of falls landing on cold stone rocks
I get aroused I’m solid
Cold stone and yet the cream flows
Unpredictable more Brownian motion
Volatile gaseous explosions

Cool humility, yes lacking pride
My mum says your bride shall be you prize
Simple things with classic touch my vice
Also count the lingering sexy thoughts I hide
Like a sexy lingerie accentuates, so is my relationship be it with a friend or a date.

I can roar, I also squeal
I see myself more of a tiger than a kitten
One family different class
I got my pride and for them I cater for

I am me I know nothing
Everyday I learn and search for something
Something in life that’s fulfilling
That satisfaction when you settle your craving
I’m still on the road but what do I know
I only hope today is a better tomorrow
And tomorrow be the best we will ever hope for

We are who we are
We are what we want to be
From dust I came
Unto dust I will return

@ebimols
#thisisme
#whoami


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My life is my life, I don't let it get clubbed up into dank submission. I always find a way out. There is light somewhere, it may not be much light but it always beats the darkness. I'm on the watch because the gods offer me chances. I know them and I take them. I can't beat death so I chose to live and the more often I do this, the more light there will be. I am the way I am and I know this while I have it. For I am marvelous and the gods await to delight in me.... Ever grateful.


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Who am I? a question as old as time.

I am Letticia,
Born with a heart not made from the dust of this Earth.

I am a Boss, A Self-Made Woman
God’s Favorite

I am a Woman, through and through, phenomenally so.
A Daughter, A Sister, and an Aunt.

The Teacher and the Captain sired me.

I am a go-getter,
A risk taker,
A warrior,
A lover of Life, Nature and Adventure.

I am equal parts Angel and Demon
Equal parts Adult and Child
Equal parts the calmness of the sea, and the raging fire of a volcano!
Equal parts Lioness and Kitten.

I am ambitious beyond words, I dream big and in HD! , but also take time to smell the flowers.

I believe loyalty.
I will set myself on fire to keep my family and loved ones warm, and I will do it smiling.

I will fight like an enraged cobra to keep my loved ones safe,
But I’ll also lay in bed and cry for days like a broken bird when I’m wronged.

I am blind to the faults of others, and I always give 2nd and even 15th chances.
I believe that the actions of others are a reflection of who they are.

I do not change, or pretend to be what I’m not, what you see is what you get. Good or bad, I am both.

No matter how many times I fall, like the Phoenix, from mythical times, I ALWAYS rise from the ashes.

I am strength in female form.
A formidable 5 feet 9 inches of pure bubbly energy, wearing my scars proudly!

I believe that one day, we all will die.
And what matters most is how we lived.

My personal mantra is; Be Anxious For Nothing,
And even when I slip, this mantra always refocuses me.

Who am I?

I am Patricia,
Born with a heart not built from the dust of this Earth.

Uniquely different, Unapologetically so!



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Emigration

To the god of the sea we must atone
The east wind has already set a tone
It is ever ready to swallow our foolishness
Longing for its waters we irk with restlessness
The rising fever for water lust
Like zombies we wander lost
Its canals reek of sacrifice
Ready to feed us with our own vice
This is the time to change course
For the umbilical chords that fed the curse.
Jam-packed sardines have a better fate
Than those who go to hell by faith
Who strive for a medal made of grass
Rejecting distinction for a pass
This looks like another final destination
Our hand-crafted situation
Sometimes dreams can become a sin
Not every achievement is a win
We follow the birds south
While we have no beaks over our mouths
Our hope lies facing the west
But we let hope go to waste
Buried in the coffin of forgotten civilization
Devoid of the realization
That the end is a bottomless pit
Where clueless cargos sit
Good intentions quickly turn to doom
Gauls and vultures happily loom
To the sands of the shore
We match unsure
The waters call out telepathically
Spelling out treasures emphatically
Stories of those who roamed this route
Have inspired us to forget our root
Voyaging into the darkness
Seeking light at the edge of its blackness.
Most see nothing wrong with this picture
Fear with a horrible texture
To the womb that swallows but never vomits
Taking as many as the wind permits
The haunted eyes before the storm
As the ocean mounts with foam
A performance without an applause
Judgment without a cause
Happy are those who made it to the bank
I pray they get to cash cheques at the bank
I hope the ghosts don't find them
Every shadow carries their emblem
Because nightmares follow the crossing
Sleepless nights, rolling and tossing.

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 I am  Lord Adewusi,

The one the sun, intimidatedv at the excellence of my illumination gossipped to the moon about.

I decide my cup position, filling till half full, sipping till half empty.

I'm the practical optimist, seeing light at the end of the tunnel with a torch in my pocket.

I'm the paradox you describe with an Oxymoron.

Born into absent wealth, handed a cutlass early in this forest called life to clear a path for myself.

I'm a white collar farmer.

I combine the contentment of an hausa man, the industry of an Igbo man and the intelligence of a Yoruba man.

I prevent  the diabetes of ignorance with the continuous dripping honey of words.

I am light, dispelling darkness.

I am a creator, a creation of the Creator.

I am god!

I am Lord Adewusi!


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I am a twosome
A ying and a yang
Imagine the serene and the loud

Sometimes I prey, while I play predator

I spin tales and live in it's frame
If I can't watch it, I read it, if I can't read it,
I write it, if I can't write it, I act it!
My head is the tablet, my mind the scroll
I am ever searching, ever yearning
Restless with a dark sense of humor

I am the good, the bad and the uncanny
Me myself and I a threesome

I am mischief and the dark moon-faced smiley

I follow my aura to it's choosing
Privacy is Paramount, discretion a deal.

My name is the mantra, I am the art!


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In a space of a short time,
Being at liberty to judge myself,
I have discovered in the absence and presence of other's opinions,
Certain traits I would like to share.

Great strength I believe I possess,
With the intent to always soar high like an eagle,
I think and strive to be the best,
And the best I am.

Selfless i know myself to be,
A pride so humbly i possess in great height,
Although easily angered,
I have a spirit so calm it quenches the anger.

A presence I possess,
So strong it could be felt,
As that of the wind just before the storm,
And a will so impressive, I could attain anything.

My name?... Irina.

Le est feque de le Communique, le' embelembe ju ne pais,
We tu vest de corde
Qui...qui... ofensala e sweet me to eate' de morning.
Le' Minese Grande' this
Mercie.
I am the OKOSISI 1of Onye zuzu kingdom, A man with a great Manhood, introverted psycho.

I always have a cheeky grin with SUNSHINE POWER !
A laugh so funny, it will lighten even your darkest hour.
a chuckle, a giggle, a ha-ha, hee-hee POWERED by me.
Water sign ruled by mars and Pluto.
I am a weirdo that conjures a psychological specter of intimidation designed to scare off any intruders or creeps.
Powerful intuition and gut instincts are my pillars.
I like to glide through life with the ability to become invisible at will, disappearing behind a heavy velvet curtain of personal privacy in a cozy, tastefully gilded seat of ultimate power.
U can't ignore me, I will frustrate you, u cant be sad around me i must make u laugh except ur problems are spiritual or hereditary den God help you, ...I am a freak. D only human with 2 and half balls registered worldwide RC297406.
I will take d gold, natch.
My greatest strenght resilience.
Protected by GOD and d D trinity, Iskaba iskelebete, iskoloboto.

#WeRiseByLiftingOthers
#LiveyourLife


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Mbre Itak Eto...

Under the tree business.



Prior to internet and even now in some remote areas,  trees especially those that were "anointed" as  "landmark" were turned notorious for  the confusing business of the tripping ladies heart and ringing their heads.

Under these trees "sat" the foundation of worries from mothers of teenagers and young maidens.

These locations were/are frequently patrolled by fathers who pretend to be absentmindedly passing while clutching to their machete praying that the feminine figure laughing to bad jokes from someone wearing boot cut and "papa's" cap is not from his household.

Under these woods, you can always find a Casanova deceiving someone's coy innocent daughter with lines what makes Elvis Presley a learner (at the early stages) while she giggles like someone high on Etekamba's pure Pammy.

While we swipe tinder and other "meet" networks today, our fore bears scouted trails to corners of bushes culminating in a big tree.
These locations are intelligently forged to meander just far enough from prying eyes but near enough to meet up with civilization on demand but more importantly with direct line of sight to the stream or as such major path that young maidens would traverse.

Under these, virgins have been taken,  hearts broken, hopes shattered, futures derailed,  experiences made, babies conceived,  ideas hatched,  atrocities committed,  it was the basis for many "firsts" for people of that era and their version of social exposure and rite of passage.

Remember "Johnny " from Yemi Alade? Yes that one.

I am sure this is partly the reason our parents and gramps today choose to spend their retirement under the comfort of nature's trees in their compound chewing sticks and pretending not to notice our coded moves at running things, they are in the perfect mood to reminisce on "the hey days" - the mental joke that never goes old to them.

Be that as it may, when it was good it was bittersweet and that was life as they knew it.

This is the stage where your mind goes to a location (most likely now a market)  presently referred to with the name of a tree.

💬Itak eto urua nyem ebe🤔near Methodist Girls School Ikot Ekpene, Akwa Ibom.





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Dark Cloud..

Fill my nights
Fill my days
Fill my thoughts
This cloud
This dark cloud
Would I Should I Could I

What would it take
Nothing but a step
Should I take it
If I do I could fail
What if I don't fail
Then I would be free

I fear nothing but the cloud
The dark cloud
It envelopes me
I am blinded by the rage of patience
I am blinded by the rage of submission
Would I Should I Could I

I look at my bed
Beside me lays a reason
In my hands lays a means
I must decide
This torment has to end
Into pieces it must go

Dark clouds are temporal
It clears after the storm
I fear nothing now
The storm is over
The rage is gone
I fear for nothing but my bun

I look down at my bed
Beside me and on me
There is blood everywhere
Shame it hard to come to this
Fourteen years ended in fourteen minutes
He is no more
My torment is gone


Ifea2

STAND FAST...

She was a Runner,
She had been running all her life.
Running from Pain, Loss and the back of Hand.
It’s all she’s known. Retreat.
It had woven a circle around her, weakened her, made her forget everything she was.
Her Purpose, Her Strength, Her Focus, Her Goal.

But, like an answer to a prayer,
He came to her, a pillar of Strength.
Tall and Dark, he’s eyes burning into hers like the rays of a Lighthouse,
Illuminating the hull of a ship lost at sea.
His gaze, balancing her, killing her fears.
His heartbeat, echoing hers in perfect symphony,
Calming her, Stilling her.

His Presence and Assurance were constant, like the Northern Star.
His arms were strong as he held her up, protected her, shielded her from all that would hurt her,
Nay, all that would even think of causing her pain!
He poured his strength into her, giving her the essence of his being.
She didn’t need to run anymore; she wasn’t afraid anymore.
Under his care she transformed to a Lioness, nay, an Amazon!
Strong enough to attack without mercy any who dared her!

He gave her the Strength, Wisdom, Unconditional Acceptance, she needed to transform.
He supplied what she had never experienced before, unwavering Loyalty
She need not run anymore!!

She stops Running, she Stands Fast.
She digs in her heels, squares her shoulders,
Jaunts her chin, steels her gaze. Her eyes narrows.

With a final toss of her auburn hair, she turns around, she walks forward.
No more retreating, no more reaction, no more running away.
She stood fast! Like the god Vulcan in living flesh,
Fire blazes from her very pores, she heats up the atmosphere with her heat.
She stares down at her would be challenger,
A smile caresses her lips, it’s both hard and soft.
Her gaze catches and holds its stare…unblinking…

Bring it on!

Trish 2018
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