Aba. 22nd, July, 1998. Papa burnt down Mama’s farm the day we left. It had rained heavily on the night Mama had finally asked for a divorce. She had called me the previous evening, her voice [...]
It had been a tough day for Mutero whose career as the football coach of Tembo High was teetering on the brink of collapse after the humiliating defeat at the hands of Masii High. With a frown on [...]
A small body is impaled on the other side of my broad sword. I watch in horror as the life fades from the little boy’s eyes. His mouth agape, the remnants of a bloodcurdling scream. Hooves [...]
Reaching out my tainted hands Empty of purity Discord, my identity Eclipsed by the world and ‘of the World’, Mundane… my priority. Prints of destruction Taking a toll on my soul In all of this, [...]
Aching bones and fading goals Fainting knees and weeping lips Forms, overburdened by affliction’s kiss And we laid still, like a silent wind. Then, In all honor and humility notwithstanding His [...]
The world, comes to us in the form of a balloon, we, go to it dressed like cacti, and wail, about the noise it makes when it bursts upon us, We long to be redeemed. “Touch me. Hold me,” we say to [...]
“Redemption is the pathway that is trailed by perpetual light. -Thompson Emate Freedom from the night Walking towards the light Darkness seeks for the escaped souls It’s like running on [...]
I spent my life in a haze, a suspended animation With every breath taking me farther from the surface And every sigh pulling me deeper into the void. I never had grand ambitions, nor did I [...]
That week was abnormal in many ways. For one, the sun feared opening its eyes; any time it tried to peep, fog forced it back. One could not tell whether the fog was man-made or natural. For [...]
The early morning sky brooded at 3am and Ojotule’s heart was a beehive of activities. For 30 years, she had wallowed in confusion, anger, and now a deep-seated sadness; weariness that nothing [...]
