LIVE FREE💃!

Well hello!

It's been ages!! 

Happy new month Lovelies!!! 

This post may or may not have anything to do with Nigeria's independence but the concept of freedom is one that I'm more than passionate about, hence this post which is really more of a collection of powerful quotes on 'freedom' that did more than touch my spot; packaged and wrapped up with sumptuous lines from 'The Character of a Happy Life' by Sir Henry Wotton. 

Enjoy! 

FREEDOM QUOTES

They say "What's your favorite word?" and I replied "Read my chest"👆🏾

FREEDOM.

NNWEREONWE.

LIBERTÉ.

LIBERTAD.

FREIHEIT

I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free, live free, so other people would also be free - Rosa Parks.

Who then is free? The wo/man who is able to govern him or herself.

Whosoever will be a man MUST BE a non-conformist. What I must do is all that concerns me, not what the people think...

I will always remember that "freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes" - Mahatma Ghandi

Teach me. But if I don't listen, leave me to wander far away... Maybe I'll get missing, hurt;or I might be lucky to return...

We know the road to freedom has always been stalked by death, but I'd rather die on my feet than live on my knees.

The Character of a Happy Life - Henry Wotton

How happy is he born and taught
That serveth not another's will;
Whose Armour is his honest thought,
And simple truth his utmost skill!

Whose passions not his master's are
Whose soul is still prepared for death,
Untied unto the world by care
Of public fame or private breath;

Who is envies none that chance doth raise,
Nor vice; who never understood
How deepest wounds are given by praise;
Nor rules of stage, but rules of good;

Who hath his life from rumors freed;
Whose conscience is his strong retreat;
Whose state can neither flatterers feed,
Nor ruin make oppressors great;

This man is freed from servile bands
Of hope to rise or fear to fall:
Lord of himself, though not of lands;
And having nothing, yet hath all.

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN2

Quick one... 

Something happened some hours ago that prompted me to write this...

Read this essay thoroughly...

Respond effectively...

And guide your tongue appropriately... 

TAME YOUR TONGUE!!!

Friends should be like bra: close to your heart and all about support...

However, if your friend is not supporting (patronizing) your business, be very sure that you know what they're going through before you start making accusing remarks like: "you don't want to buy bags from me abi?" I mean, you don't even know if s/he has bought anything fancy for herself in years! Okay that's a bit of an exaggeration but you know what I mean...

Now, if this friend has confided in you that s/he is not patronizing your endeavor as s/he'd love to because s/he's not financially buoyant, it would be gross insensitivity on your part to constantly go on and on about how they're not buying from you and playing the shame game every chance you get as if you actually caught them buying the same thing from another seller...

You probably do not see any big deal in this but it hurts in ways you may never be able to fathom that a friend (relative even) who loves you very much and wishes you well cannot prove their support beyond "Nnaa jisi ike. Ya gazie..." If someone genuinely cares, it is shameful enough that they have to explain to you that the Broke Estate in which they are currently resident will not allow them be great... Then you go on and on about how they wouldn't patronize you and add salt to their injury...

But who can measure the depth of a friend's love? It is mostly by little actions like pushing our hustle that they prove their love for us. Well understood...

Granted, ngwere niile makpu amakpu, a maghị nke afọ na-asa. Which is why you must watch them carefully, guide your emotions very passionately against making hasty, uninformed assumptions, and learn to tame that tongue of yours that tend to spit worded swords at the innocent... You'll never know how deep the damage...

Ka ọ ragodi m nọọfụ biko...
Ka m kwufọ nke m ga-ekwu echi...
Be properly guided!!!

#guideyourheart
#bridleyourtongue
#towhomitmayconcern

CRUSH💞CHRONICLES💞III

I don't even know what to say about this work that has not already been said in the work itself. It's Crush Chronicles and I suppose that anyone who has ever had the 'fleeting feeling' called crush on someone can relate to this post. At least that's what some dictionaries make us believe that it is but if you've ever been there, you'll know that some crushes are not fleeting at all. They come and they dwell. They occupy till forever... 

It's a special day today; for me and one object of my crush like that... Okay, ama stop now before I reveal way too much...🤥LOL... 

HARDLY YOUR ONE

Someone who didn't have to do anything
To win your heart
Doesn't have to do anything
To break your heart
Smoothly
Effortlessly
Without wrecking balls
He wrecks your walls

He speaks and you resolve:
There is no voice as melodious
He smiles and you dissolve
There is no charm as gracious
Just knowing that he exists
Warms your very heart
The very thought of him
Tickles your very soul
Just a sight of him
And your day seems so much brighter...

He's got everything it takes
To give you sleepless nights
You give and you don't think price
You budge and you don't think twice
You care and you don't think why...

Senses gone with the wind
Walls gone in the hind
Strange music
Yet oh-so-familiar
You sing along
You dance along
Long after the music's stopped
Till when by reality jogged
You realise
That he's easily the one
But hardly your one😭

Nwadiala

August is finally here! Happy new month Lovelies😍

This one is for grandmothers, especially maternal grandmothers. So, by extension, this work is for maternal homes. What would life have been like without 'ikwu nne'? I don't even want to imagine it...

I dedicate this work specially to my very own mma nnukwu. We call her "mma ayị" or "mma ụmụrenne". If you read and understand the content, you will find that she inspired this work with one of her numerous jokes that she'd always pull our legs with...

We love her... 

Nwadiala

"Nne, ị dará ada?

... Ọnụ gị na-agba ọbara."

Nnaa nekwanụ mma ayị o...

Agara m ikwu nne m n'obodo;

'Ụmụrenne' n'olu ndị Ụga

Mụ na ụmụnne m kwụ ga... 

Oge ahụ bụ oge ezumike 

Mụ na ezinụlọ m lara izu ike... 

Nne m na nna m si otù obodo

Ị ga-ejinwu ụkwụ si be nna m gaa ikwu nne m

Anyị na-agacha ya, bata 

Ugboro atọ, anọ, ise n'ụbọchị 

Anyị na-echu be mma ka mmiri 

Anaghị m agba egbe okwu... 

Eziokwu, ọ na-atọ ncha

Ndị a kpasuo gị iwe be nna ị 

I fee aka, narie 

Ụmụrenne so sei! 

Onye mee na ọ ma aba mba

Ị ghalịa jewalụ 

Ọọ mụ ka Aba na-amụrụ ọkpọ? 

Ị̀talị mee ka ọ na-apụta, 

I tikapụ ọsọ

Gaa be mma zelụ mgbọ 

Gwuchapụ ụjọ n'egwuregwu

Were nri rijuchaa afọ

Ọ nwee ife gbasaa ị? 

Ọọ gịnwa sị ụmụrenne gị dị nso? 

Ọ sọ gị ị rahụ arahụ

Be ayị b'ayị nọ

Ma agwasịkwaa nwaanyị Enugu...

Nwimo sị na o nweghị ihe meganụ 

Ị samasịa arụ, wụsasịa arụ, naba

I dieruo ala, doo nwa arụ anị

Nakpuo ezigbo ụra 

Nwokpuru, e je emekweni aghaa? 

Oké nwa! Nwadiala!! 

N'eziokwu, onye nne ya nọ nso 

Anaghị ata ahụhụ... 

Mgbe ị ji nọjuo, ị lọta 

Obi adajụọ, ụtalị anakpuo 

Ị mụlịa, ụwa ana-asọ ị

Ben Johnson, onye ọsọ... 

Mana ọ bụrụ na ihe ị mee 

Jọgburu udene sigbuo nkakwụ n'isì,

I che na agbatalịa n'ọsọ? 

Ị gbachaa bata, ị nar'ụtalị gị

Ewo! 

M gara marakwa m nọrọkwuo 

Nwokpuru, ị ga-atọkwanụ n'ọsọ? 

A sị gị waa nkụ be nna ị,

Ị na-ebe na ọ tara akpụ̀

I ruo ụmụrenne, ị sụọ akpụ

A sị̀ gị sụọ akpụ, ị jụrụ ajụ 

Mana ị ruo ụmụrenne, I nwoo akwụ 

"Nwoo akwụ" 

"Aka na-elo m ilo." 

Ị gaa be mma ị zaa ilo

Ị gbara ọsọ ozi gbata n'ozi

Onye nne ya nọ nso na-eje ozi... 

Mana ozi be mma na-atọ ụtọ 

O nwee ụdị ụtọ ọ na-atọ 

Ụtọ ya pụrụ iche...

Ị na-asụ akpụ be nna gị

Okpoofufu esi enu si anị

Mana ị na-asụ be mma

Ọ dị ka a na-eku gị akupe... 

Akwụ be mma ayị enweghị ogwu 

Ọ ka nke be nnaa nwe ọsụkwụ...

Ịza mbara na-atọ ncha

Ịzagide mbara, ị nụ ísì ụ́tara

Ị tụpụ akpata na mbara gaba iri ụtara

"Akpụ nke a atọka... 

Ofe ne na-agbalagha agbalagha... Mmmkpaa!
Ka m gbachakwaal'ụnụ ọnụ

Mma, m ma-erikwu...🍛" 

Ọọ gịnwa mekwaanụ ụwa? 

Onye nne ya nọ nso na-ekpori ndụ

Ụmụrenne bụ ndo
Nga a na-eme ghị nwa nọrọ nso
Elekwenee ihe i jihi je-akpaị nso?

Ụmụrenne enweghị arịrị
Anya mma mee gị
Ị pụkwu ya ọrịrị
"Nne de nne o"
"Nwa ọsa m oyooyo"
Oké nwa! Nwadiala!!
Ị nwudolie ọkụkọ ghịị nwụrụ laa
Ọ kwehe ghị nnwudo ghịị hapụ ya
Anụ gbalaa taa
Echi wụaha nta
Echi ghịị biaha ọdụọ
Ụmụrenne ọ na-ejukweni afọ,
Nke o ji agbụ agbụ?

Etu a k'ayị si kụchal'ụkwụ k'ayị si akụcha
Gaa be mma ayị  kenechaa mma ayị
Ihe ọzọ m nụụ bụ:
"Nne, ị darà ádá?"
M kirie onwe m ihu na azụ
"Hịa! Mma, ị sị...?"
"Asị m ma ị dara ada n'ugwu ihee Giribaatị?
Ọnụ ghị na-agba ọbara"

Hịa!
Ọsọ ka m ji gbakwuru enyo
Ị fụkwa ka m si na-enyo enyo
Ka m maranụ ma ọbara nwa ana-ekwo ekwo
Amazịkwa m mgbe m dara ada nwa?
Ka ana m ekozi eko?

Amaa m na mma ayị na-achị m ọchị
M were enyo gbapụta hụ ya ebe ọ na-achị
Ọchị mma ayị na-atọ ọchị
Ị maágodi ihe ọ na-achị
Ị ga-akwakapụ ọchị
Mana ama m ihe ọ na-achị
Enyo gwara m ihe ọ na-achị
Ụmụnne m na-achịkwu ọchị
Ha amaakwa ihe na-atọ ọchị na-achị
"Ụnụ ama nọọ ihe m tere n'ọnụ
Ka mma ayị na-akpọ ọbara?"
Ọchị maburu ayị ncha
Ayị wee chiwaberi nke wụ ọchị
"Mma elekwenee...?  Hihihahahahahahahaha...
Mma nnukwu ayị nke a sef..."

Mma ayị ma akpa ụka ọchị
Ọ na-achọ k'ayị na-achị ọchị
Mma ayị na-eme ayị mma
Ka obi na-adị ayị mma. 🤗

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN1

Loonnnggggeeeeessssssttttttt time guys! Welcome aboard!

Okay this one👇 is for those people who are so fond of getting angry at the realization that someone they are probably (seemingly) close to does not trust them. 

"I see what's going on here. You don't trust me." And then boom! Local man is vexing👺. Hia! Aunty please don't take it personally o. How I wan take trust you when I never even trust myself finish. Abeg o! 

IF ONLY... 🤷‍♀️

I take offence
When you take offence
That I don't trust you...

I mean as much as I love me,
(And I love me very very much)
I do NOT trust ME...

I get really annoyed with someone
All I wanna do is slap them
But I don't trust me
To actually free my limbs to do that...

Chick pisses me off
I really wanna let go
Tongue-lash her
Give it to her so right
She wouldn't wanna dare me next time
But why am I suddenly tongue-tied?

I see something going wrong
I wanna speak out
This is so unfair!
It is injustice!!
I mean I know I have freedom of speech
But I don't trust me
To guarantee me freedom after speech...

I can't take this anymore
I'm deleting his number!
Three days later,
I go straight to my Recycle bin
Did I just click on 'Restore'?

I trust myself to say "No!"
Until someone asks
And YES-es start dancing
So passionately in their eyes
That I can't stop their fun...

Next time I'd say "NO!!"
And I won't look in their eyes
If only they didn't have such sugar-coated tongues
If only they didn't ask so nicely
If only I could go deaf...

Me to myself and I 2017:
"2017 is not allowed to end
Without my getting you acquainted
With your crush... "
Me to myself and I Jan 2018
"2017 didn't work,
First thing 2018.
Give me March tops..."
Me to myself and I July 2018
"I'm still working on it!"

No impulsive buying today,
Come tomorrow
I'm sticking to my list!
I've bought five items now
And all but none are in my list...

I must attend second service tomorrow
Me tomorrow:
"Aw shit, this weather is cold!
I really have nothing to wear to church!!
This sun is too hot,
I'm not planning to roast!!!"

We'd just make out and nothing more...
If only he didn't have such soft calluses...
If only I could stay mine...
If only he didn't smell so nice...
If only I wasn't such a sucker for such..
If only he didn't sleep over...
If only...