Grief is rude. Grief is callous. Grief no send anybody papa Or is it Death that makes grief do all these things? Maybe grief is powerless and forced to be what it doesn's want to It's 12:30pm on a Wednesday afternoon and I have to be at work because my colleagues are on their annual … Continue reading Notes on Grief
Unfolded: Poetry, Music, Visual Art, and Wine All in One Place
On the 5th of June, 2021, 6 performing artists will embark on an audacious journey to change the wrong notion that poetry is a one-way street. They will take you on a wild emotional rollercoaster with performance poetry, music, and collaboration with an art gallery dedicated to showcasing and empowering artistic expressions. Learn more about … Continue reading Unfolded: Poetry, Music, Visual Art, and Wine All in One Place
Reunion
While grief can almost snuff life out of us on some days and on other days, it sits beside us like the quiet monster, we know beyond any doubt that on that day, we'll see again. As long as they were believers.
Love seeks you
As a young girl, I was this slim straight girl with no curves. You don't want to see my before and after the curve pictures. I prayed for the curves anyways (a story for another time). As I think of how to burn this fat, I thought of how it came. I remember how I … Continue reading Love seeks you
The Vine and The wine
Create your own happinessGlory in your own vibesLet the sound of your music vibrateIn and out of the world around you with a blastEnjoy your great moments why it last But then be still to knowThat there will be moments of still soundWith the greyness of the valleyNo sights , no sound just the silenceMoment … Continue reading The Vine and The wine
Sometimes irregular
Tell us! Are you the one? John was in the prison at that time, after hearing everything Jesus was doing, he sent his disciples to ask Jesus if he was the one the prophet said would come. Picturing this, John's body temperature must have been around 29 degrees Celsius. He was so hasty, thinking that … Continue reading Sometimes irregular
Bowed love
He gave. Yet, he bowed. He offered to help people on the street who most likely, weren't sure of where they would sleep that night. He didn't even know they were angels because they appeared like all the other men who had passed the road that day. He didn't stop at washing their feet. He … Continue reading Bowed love
Scribes
A scribe according to Wikipedia, is defined as someone who serves as a professional copyist, especially one who made copies of manuscripts before the invention of automatic printing. To scribble on the other hand means to write or draw hastily or carelessly a note. I've also been a volunteer with gospellyricsng for about four years … Continue reading Scribes
Dis nuh mek sense but ok
The saying became popular in 2018 and it is used to express utter confusion laced with a bit of caution. Even though many times, it is used as a joke to cover up for sadness, despair, sometimes extreme confusion, it still makes so much sense in it self. Of all the more one gazillion things … Continue reading Dis nuh mek sense but ok
Smudge-free
'Ah' was my immediate reaction and I followed it with some 'no now', 'but what happened' with Mr Coker staring at me, wondering what had happened. 'Babe what happened?' he asked at once I was torn between covering up the issue, saying it as it was or trying to douse the reality. I myself didn't … Continue reading Smudge-free