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Leonell EchaOctober 8, 2019

i was… naive careless misguided studious bright wild & stubborn smart deviant blue rough around the edges and inside made many paths like a fox confused by all i followed i am… grown calmer curious i am more aware in my hands is a river wiser i am my own becoming still smart barely […]

Leonell EchaOctober 8, 2019

Just because I’m fair Doesn’t mean I am not black Doesn’t mean I am white And doesn’t mean I am black or white Just because I am kind Doesn’t mean I always give Doesn’t mean I forget whate’er I forgive Doesn’t mean my teeth never grind Just because I’m gentle Doesn’t mean I won’t lose […]

Leonell EchaOctober 5, 2019

With so much give and takes And empty vessels and so much noise, What is true will remain true And that which is left will remain on its path. Kindness knows no colour or creed Neither does it speak entitlement and regret. She wouldn’t remind you of the oceans she crossed Nor the hello she […]

Leonell EchaOctober 4, 2019

Life was an absolute bed of roses While I was within my mother. There was no knowledge Of good or bad, Just eat and sleep and kick and turn. I wish I learnt how to read and write Through the umbilical cord. I wished I learnt how to swim and drive And how to meditate. […]

Leonell EchaOctober 4, 2019

I dominate my world and know how to chew my onions Knowledge is a friend to dine with Conversations make simple trips to my lips Tales tell me history to project my tomorrow Sleep and smile is an easy garment to wear I love piecing my life together A sense of order doesn’t make me […]

Leonell EchaOctober 3, 2019

if my past be the place i spend the rest of my life i choose to remember not heroes. men and women who thitherto stood for something and sat for nothing. we don’t die of thirst in an ocean we drown at first in the water’s commotion hope may come but when we seek the […]

Leonell EchaOctober 1, 2019

I can’t like whatever I dislike I really hate to see a slow moving truck or bike In August, I hate to see rains falling lazily They’d be dripping without strength, so crazily Boys with sagging ass makes me mad Can they ever, I wonder, make a good Dad? Proud people are so full of […]

Leonell EchaSeptember 30, 2019

I read the content of her heart on her skin. her back was a wise volume we had to complete living as strangers. – (stranger sting) Elle ———————— Hurling words he never meant Quoting texts he never sent. Kisses that never happened And yet now, forever saddened She’s turned her back already MIB ———————- Her […]

Leonell EchaSeptember 30, 2019

Want, want, have but never have He has destroyed his conscience with wants He has expanded his stomach with everybody’s bread He has been enslaved by his stomach and pockets The Almighty has punished him with a voracious appetite. Simpa. ————————– We want success without working hard The jobless man sleeps and dreams of a […]

Leonell EchaSeptember 27, 2019

Who Am I I am Nife ‘s sister Dooshima ‘ s mother Ethan’ s grandmother Dimain’s aunty Ayeni’s daugther I am A dancer A choreographer An entrepreneur A play Director I am Tall Fair Attractive I am exuberant Flirtatious I am Me Bose

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