Episode 1!
what is life? “I’ve always wondered! “what
entity, object, figure represented life” ?
“was there any being called Life? or was it
just the breath we take in all day”? if it
wasn’t the breath, how come people die
when they stopped breathing” ? “if it wasn’t a
being that it would leave or enter humans,
how come there’s air and people still die
when most of them Don't have asthma or
breathing complications?
Breath! so I was taught by my parents and it
was what most people held!
inquisitive as I was, always imagining the
impossible and trying to fathom the
impossible .
On this evening, I sat tired of working and
being sent here and there by my mom who
was making supper..
I gazed at the evening beauty of the
heavens, wondering after the lighting system:
the stars which decorated the fairly grey blue
backdrop of the heavens! – the skies!! how
about the large full moon? spreading its
shines upon the whole place! everywhere you
went you see this light as if it was waiting for
you there!
I was drowned in thoughts imagining again..
when I pictured the moon as my spotlight;
it kindled the mood.. so I was gone!
I thought of death and what I was told about
Nigerians not retiring or getting rest, that
even in the grave they still worked as
ancestors collecting kola nuts and schnapps..
“c’mon men”!
“you need see me as I just enter the grave
hall covered all over in Nzu and they sang a
welcome song for me with Michael Jackson’s
beat and lines of.. “They don’t really care
about us”!
I enjoyed the song with my selected pop
steps esp when I remembered my parent’s
acts, how they treated me!
it made me deeper into the mood too!
everyone too was covered in Nzu; it was on
the day of their international conference; so
they welcomed me and calmed down.. they
told me how honored they were to have me
attend while I blushed! they gave me meal
and I partook! “wow! life couldn’t be more
than this!
it was dance time! they had rounds of
gunshots while dance went on! it was a
blessed sight!
Thank God I’m finally here though all covered
in Nzu and chalk dust, it was the land of the
dead, a place of no return!! “yes!
“yes I knew I won’t see my parents and
siblings anymore but it was better!
it were better where you are treated as
someone than where you are no one,. what
do you reckon?
Wait for the Episode 2 tomorrow...
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