What is fate? What is destiny? Is a person fated to repeat his/her mistakes? Are they destined to change the hand fate has dealt them with? Or are both our way of accepting or explaining our situation? ‘What?’ It came out like a whisper from Eva’s lips. I am engaged? To marry Ebuka? Really? Eva …
In the game of Life, there are no certainties. No guarantees. Everything is a gamble. There are times the odds will be in your favour but most times, they aren’t. Doctor Audu led Kosi a little way off from Eva’s hospital room and into his office. He motioned for Kosi to have a seat before …
There are moments in our lives that the pain feels so deep that it’s as though our hearts are literally being squeezed of all it’s joy and happiness by an invisible hand. Even then, we must move forward. Ebuka rested his head on Eva’s bed. His hands loosely holding hers and lost in thought when …
The past will forever remain the past no matter how much or how long we beat ourselves about it. It won’t change. We must learn, instead, to accept the past, experience the present and apply both to the future. Arguments Kosi had with Eva began to flood his mind… The fight they had when Eva …
When face to face with our very own mistakes and misunderstandings, the anger washes away like cold water down a parched throat and the only emotion left is Shame. ‘Can’t you just leave me and my wife alone in peace?’ Kosi unconsciously had his hands in fists at his sides. After everything he and Eva …
The state of not knowing, of seeming to float between two or more certainties, can be one of the most frustrating and emotionally draining periods of any person’s life. ‘Hey…. Kosi…’ ‘Mmmmhhhh. Eva?’ Kosi slowly drifted out of sleep only to stare into the eyes of Hope. ‘Oh Hope?’ He said, a bit confused and …
There are certain times when we come to the sudden realisation about who and what is important in our lives. ‘Can’t you go any faster?! I’m in a hurry.’ ‘Oga, you know say na night and rain still dey fall small small. We go still reach. Don’t worry.’ Kosi grabbed his knees in an attempt …
“you are a friend of the dark, gloom is your ally” Every night your voices echo as i sleep Then like a dark mirage they come alive in my dream Your cold fingers running through my neck Then the whisper from behind.. It says “I am the voice of the dead” “You have been chosen …
Lekan was walking down from the ATM just beside the entrance to a popular Lagos market when everything went to shit. Like shit hitting the fan and spread round the four corners of the walls of his life. He was hearing commotion behind him but paid it no attention until he heard a woman scream …
Toy? How am I a toy? Do I look like a Teddy bear? But I don’t say anything. I don’t want Tosin’s daddy to be angry, and hit me again. ‘Wear your clothes sweetheart, you’re going for a little drive.’ He moves away from me and pulls out a jacket from his closet. Drive. The …