Where? Here?

#‎GODISNOWHERE‬.
Perception matters a lot.
We all look, but see differently.

Damilola

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

The Anonymous Email Lady (Short story)

Image
“Honey, I am late for work... I have to run.” Funke heard Wale’s voice. She was busy with the kids, getting them ready for school. Immediately, she dashed into the living room, but Wale had left for the office. A dejecting expression rented her face, but the voice of the kids awaken her back to reality and she snapped the feelings and return to the children who were set for school. Finally when the children had left for school, she returned to doing the house chores. Funke graduated from the University as the best student in her class and the second best overall at the Law school. She met Wale during her service year in Enugu and their love story started right then. Wale is a computer Engineer for a leading telecommunication company in the country, he is so brilliant and intelligent and that earned him a rapid promotion and salary increment. The comfortability made the couple reach a compromise of letting the wife out of work in order to take care of the children who are so...
Read more

THE BEGINING OF THE END (short story)

Image
Life and death have an essence to their long existence amidst the human race. The duo may be advantageous to some people, and it may be the converse to others. With little or no control over either and while the choir sings the regular “We shall meet by the river’s side...”, I stared at the brown wooden coffin being lowered into the perfectly dug six-foot rectangular grave while the fountain of tears from her eyes and several bereaved relatives flowed uncontrollably. “Dust for dust, ashes for ashes...” the priest read on from his hand book while receiving response from quivering voice of all mourners. At that point, it was time to give the last respect to the dead by pouring a handful of sand onto the grounded coffin. “Whoever killed my husband will never go unpunished...they have broken my front tooth... they have burnt me with the fire of life...,” Her voice echoed as she paid her last respect, while she struggled to follow him into the grave, but she was securely held by one...
Read more

Youth-Fool

Image
At one point or the other, especially the years of teen and a few years after, most young people get involved in a lot of activities that are somewhat worrisome and which, most of the time, leaves an unpalatable taste if not curbed. I am not excluded in these acts; in fact, I can boldly talk about this because I was caught up in one or two of it. I am talking of no other year than those when: (1)     You start skipping classes in school and you are referred to as a scoundrel and neighbours have to warn their kids about getting polluted by you. (2)     All you ever thought of at the sight of any lady was ‘SEX’. (3)     Mum and Dad will be worried at home, but you are ‘over-confident’ of your safety anywhere you are. (4)     You feel you are the wisest and as such, no other advice matter. (5)     Your peers are seemed to be your family because of the cohesion and the negative school-of-thought you ...
Read more