Hiya!
Guess what?
We’ve got 9 days to go! Yippee!
Seems September has been on fast forward. I’m not about to get anxious about the year ending already, so ama just stop there. 😁 Hope you’re having the best of the month. Alright, let’s dive into today’s challenge.
Growing up in a culture where everyone had to ‘toughen up’ meant that negative emotions of anger, pain, hurt, depression etc. had to be hidden or suppressed. It was (and still is) a culture founded on the misconception that emotions make you weak. Those who have read Chinua Achebe’s famous ‘Things Fall Apart’ will understand how crazy it gets when one begins to prove a point of being strong rather than weak. It’s a survivor’s race. Read more
She wanted to heal
But day after day
She would lift up the band aid
And find yet a bleeding heart
That just won’t heal. Read more
Darkness surrounded me
Thick darkness enlightened me
I slept in the dark
Woke up in the dark Read more
‘One day at a time’, Laila said to herself as she turned off the alarm she had snoozed three times already. She felt the weight of the world on her shoulders as she sat up on the disheveled bed. She couldn’t remember sleeping. There had been a lot of crying and drinking to drown her fears and she fell asleep somewhere in the middle. The pain still gnawed at her heart while she silently whispered ‘Help me God’ Read more
I’m so addicted to the pain
I don’t know how to live without it
I’m so addicted to the tears
I don’t wear mascara anymore
I’m so addicted to the hurt
It doesn’t hurt anymore
The clouds turn dark when it’s about to rain
The soil closes up the seed when it’s about to grow
The night gets darker when the day is about to break
A pregnant woman travails when she’s about to bring forth
Pain before pleasure
Labor before reward
Darkness before light
So why do you despair
Oh my soul?
This darkness you see
Is for a while
This pain you feel
Won’t last forever
Behold!
Pregnant clouds give birth to rain
Pregnant women give birth to babies
Though you travail
You will surely bring forth
Though the storm rages
You will find still waters
Oh my soul
Don’t give up!
Get up!
Get going!
For the light is about to break forth
This darkness is but for a while
©Mfon Etuk, 2016
Dainty M. 