Leonell Echa – Page 86 – THE LIBRARY (EB)

Leonell EchaFebruary 5, 2019

Tuxedo Skeletons I would not believe this if i was told That i would arrive here so soon. I felt like our fathers we would grow old After Misery’s afternoon, Live in luxury,a respite in spite- A lasting slumber of envy. Here I have become my own enemy- A belch of annual pity. No crowd […]

Leonell EchaFebruary 2, 2019

An apple far from the tree For me, recounting my childhood is a difficult path to travel on. I am speedily losing my memory at 86, and going back to when i was like 8 or 6, would be like asking me of the name of the midwife who delivered me. But i can remember […]

Leonell EchaFebruary 1, 2019

Speechless I watched him walk into the restaurant, looking like an angel that just popped out of heaven. And in that instant, every sense of reasoning I had evaporated from me. Something kept cautioning me to remember why I was there. Yes ! Oh yes! The contract. I tried so hard to concentrate on what […]

Leonell EchaJanuary 30, 2019

Restrictions. For the first time since I could remember, I took note of all the signs on the walls: “Please keep noise to a minimum,” “Please respect your neighbor,” “Eating is prohibited,” and “please do not touch the wall.” Maybe I was bored but these signs were too many and got me mad like WTF? […]

Leonell EchaJanuary 28, 2019

Derailed dreams Drip! Drip! Drip! The tap trickled. And its sound echoed into the dead of the night. I laid motionless on my bed, unwilling to put an end to that miserable sound. Like a field blooming with regret. Tears welled up from my soul. This wasn’t how I imagined my life at 32, unmarried […]

Leonell EchaJanuary 26, 2019

God is master in playing hide and seek; but I have found the place where God is hiding, and it is not above the stars like the Sunday school teacher said, neither is it beneath the light-less darkness of ocean floors, nor the paradise we all read and dream about. And when I saw him, […]

Leonell EchaJanuary 24, 2019

From the time I was born, my mother said I was a bright sun. Father said I shine whenever darkness covered their roof, and for that cause he decided to own a gemstone. Later in life, that gemstone was a drop of joy to their river of sorrows. In all pain and terror, they all […]

Leonell EchaJanuary 23, 2019

The enemy of my friend should be my enemy right? This is how the phrase goes. We end up making an enemy of someone who doesn’t trouble our existence. Some forms of loyalty should have a question tag. Do not see your mouths through the back of your neck, what good is it to the […]

Leonell EchaJanuary 22, 2019

Since the inception of dirt, questions have carved themselves to fit in the name, the behavior, the way it heals. Questions such as – why is it called dirt if it could make man? Why does it all prostrate to water? Is it never hot to heal a wound? Questions only on dirt have answers […]

Leonell EchaJanuary 19, 2019

At one time, it was gentle scrubs, Hot water baths with palm kernel soap, Then came massage with kernel oil Accompanied by lullabies from heaven’s gate. Blissful moments found not with me Stories she told while I slept soundly Joy that filled her house, I can tell now Was way beyond stars and planets. Nursery […]

6 Grave Stones

Children and Childhood

8 Silver Herrings

Abuse

Regret

I Found Where God Is Hiding

Count Your Blessings

The Hate You Give

Who is dating the Moon?

Grandma’s perfume.

The Good Society

open more doors

in the ground

Seeds

A ditty

The Good Society

open more doors

in the ground