Things That Refused
A seed betrayed the sky. It buried itself in a dark room of dirt, where worms wrote letters no one could read. Years later, birds rented apartments in its arms.…
Elikem Inspires
Three Ways To Breathe
I saw life not straight not the same it kept changing clothes * one day it wore rags the poor called it life they said. “we move” even when nothing…
Urgent Vacancy
boy. just boy. laughing for nothing. running. dust on his feet, not worries. then life said: “you. stand up.” not tomorrow. not later. now. his name changed. people stopped saying…
Death, Like Vaccination
Death, Like the Vaccination Death is like the vaccination We’re all in a queue for the jab, Nervous, glancing ahead, Counting how many remain before our turn. Unlike the vaccination,…
Life, Like A Wardrobe
“Life, Like a Wardrobe” Life… Life is like a wardrobe. It’ll teach you. Teach you how to arrange your clothes what to fold, what to hang what to throw away…
“One Day, I’ll Walk Away”
But one day, I’ll walk away Not bitter, just awake. For the heart learns peace, not revenge, And silence becomes its victory song. I will not curse the pain that…
Counting To Zero
“Counting to Zero” You can do everything… And it still counts to zero. You can be everything… And somehow, you’re still absent. You can pour your sweat into the…
They See Us, And Smile
Our words grow from old, deep roots Like trees that began as tiny seeds. Old wisdom tells us a broken home makes a broken land But strong voices can rebuild…
The Proud One
The Proud Ones At the crossroads where our fathers danced, I see them now, the proud ones strutting like peacocks in borrowed feathers, while our ancestors’ bones lie washing…
The Market’s Memory
Mama Adwoa stood among the charred remains of what was once her fabric shop in Kantamanto Market, her fingers black with soot as she sifted through the debris. Twenty-three years…
