GONE- By CHINWE JUDITH OKAFO

Everyone is saying so many scary things; that you will not return again but I don't believe them. I told them that you will not leave me this way. You will not leave your Kanu Nwankwo this way. They say I should be nice and friendly. That I should not bury myself within my room, but they don't know the truth. They don't know that you exist inside my room.

TWISTED -By CHINWE JUDITH OKAFO

How do you tell the people that you are not the god they think you are? How do you remind them that you are a human too and your hands are tied? This land reeks of evil and crime. Of young girls with hungry babies. Of fathers with throngs of wives. Of children who expect money at every turn. Of so much sweat and so little  gain. What should one do in this land?

MAD HOUSE -By Chinwe Judith Okafo

 
A man is never ugly, mama had said. And that's how I  ended up with Kibuku-the man that calls himself my husband. In the early days, I couldn't stomach the ugly look. I couldn't stop wondering how God had made such an ugly being. I couldn't sleep beside him at night without cursing him a million times for his snores that shook our small flat. But with time, Just as mama had said, I had reconciled with the fact that it wasn't all about good looks and body. It was about the heart.

THIS BODY IS FOR SALE -By Chinwe Judith Okafo

 

We should have been getting married today. 

I and this young man I once called my lover.

But circumstances crept in. 

Circumstances beyond our control.

Last year we were clinking glasses. Eating cakes and making toasts.

THE COUNTRY NIGERIA.....

A country filled with minerals,
A country with people of high integrity, people filled with the zeal to secure a nice home to live in, free from the menace of the British.

Thus they fought and with all their strength had a place with peace of mind. Bringing the reign of the British to an untimely end.

VOICES -By Chinwe Judith Okafo

There is this friend he has. She comes when he is all alone. Walking in that gentle way that reminds him of Jennifer, sweet Jennifer- the young girl that had shared the same room with him at the hospital. He shared the same story with her. Story of attempting suicide. Hers had been drugs, his wrist splitting.

DO NOT LET THE TRUST TO RUST!

DON'T GO WITHOUT BEEN INSPIRED!

FACING YOUR CHALLENGES!

When all seems to be challenging....... Do don't run away
Just face them....

Story: "SURVIVAL" -By Chinwe Judith Okafo

Have you ever been to the street of Emodi in Olodi Apapa of Lagos State. Have you witnessed the way beggars there fight tooth and nail to get a crumpled Naira note from a generous giver. Have you? If no, then you are in for a ride. So take a breath. One, two, off we go…

IMPORTANT WORDS TO LIVE BY...

      

• Work like you don’t need the money.

• Love like you’ve never been hurt.

• Be happy like you’ve never been sad.

• Dance like nobody is watching.

• Sing like nobody is watching.

• Live like its heaven on earth.

• A man’s mind is a garden, his thoughts are the seeds, his harvest will either be flower or weeds.

• To make a world a friendly place, you have to show it a friendly face.

• Your actions in life set your course and determine your destination in life. Your reaction in life creates the climate in which you travel.

• Anger deprives a Sage of his wisdom, and a Prophet his visions.

• The weak can never forgive, forgiveness is an attribute of the strong.

• Don’t give up what you want most for what you want now.

• Be soft, do not let the world make you hard, do not let the pain make you hate, do not let the bitterness steal your happiness.

• Learning to ignore things is one of the great paths of inner peace.

CAPTIAN AMELIKA-By Chinwe Judith Okafo

    
 I have been this way as far as I can remember. A half man, living in a place I know too well. A place where I can easily walk to the market and come back blindfolded. The place which has come to be my abode. The village of my childhood. Once, I have gone to the city, to offload bags of palm fruits heaped in a pickup van.But what I had seen, sent me running home. The tall buildings, crazy roads, noisy streets, fancy dressed people, was something I could not relate to. So I had ran. Ran as fast as my legs could allow me. I can’t remember much about my childhood but I know my parents, my siblings and my peers. 

CONNECTED

                                                                                                                        
  

You are not a drop

In life’s glorious ocean

You are the ocean

With all it’s beauty

And grandeur

In a glistening drop

You are not red

Your are not blue

You are a kaleidoscope

Of beautiful colors

Making up this rainbow

Called life

Queen Of My Heart…

The moment he saw

Her dimpled cheeks,

He fell so quietly in love

That none but his heart knew

The first time he saw her smile

He knew paradise on Earth

For the creator’s signature

Was written all over her face