lindapeters in # blurt • 4 years ago • 2 min readMy experienceThe next day, at noon, the Earth was gay and sunny. I was sitting on my couch chatting with my business colleagues. Infact, I had just finished a conference call on zoom, when my phone rang.…lindapeters in # tony • 4 years ago • 1 min readMr TonyUgly and grey and old and rough. Sadness would wander deeply into your bones, You would dream alone on your bed of stones. Days shall come, Your lovers would sail into the blues, Call me, I…lindapeters in # blurt • 4 years ago • 3 min readGet motherI would be happy to receive Cinderella's fairy godmother With a bibbidi babbodi boo She would turn this ugly pumpkin of a situation to a sparkly carriage With a swoosh of her wand She'd turn…lindapeters in # blurt • 4 years ago • 2 min readFerried awayDays shall come, Your lovers will forsake you, Your beauty would crumble into a pile of weightless ash and be ferried away by the vicious winds of tyrant time. Like a rotten fruit from a feeble…lindapeters in # blurt • 4 years ago • 2 min readTwo thoughtsA brawl between two thoughts Truth and lies Exchange heavy punches In the ring of a soul Wrestling! Locking horns! Delivery parcels of upper-cut They both fell on the canvass Bleeding…lindapeters in # blurt • 4 years ago • 2 min readTruth and liesA brawl between two thoughts Truth and lies Exchange heavy punches In the ring of a soul Wrestling! Locking horns! Delivery parcels of upper-cut They both fell on the canvass Bleeding…lindapeters in # blurt • 4 years ago • 2 min readHoneyHoney, will you remember how you tore down the walls of stone I built around my heart? Will the words I say continue to confuse you like the Igbo to the Chinese? Will you not remember how these…lindapeters in # blurt • 4 years ago • 3 min readCinderellaAt this point I would be happy to receive Cinderella's fairy godmother With a bibbidi babbodi boo She would turn this ugly pumpkin of a situation to a sparkly carriage With a swoosh of her wand…lindapeters in # blurt • 4 years ago • 2 min readA secret?Can you keep a secret? With your wide mouth like the unsatisfied belly of hell As loud as the two horn speakers down the street Yet, as small as that stream that drowns You say, never have I…lindapeters in # blurtafrica • 4 years ago • 2 min readWanderedThe powered saw cuts the cranial cap The scalpel pierced away his tissue The scissors galantly cut his tiny vessel Unveiling the mysteries as the coroner collated "This is not the hand of God…lindapeters in # blurt • 4 years ago • 2 min readDays shall comeDays shall come, Your lovers will forsake you, Your beauty would crumble into a pile of weightless ash and be ferried away by the vicious winds of tyrant time. Like a rotten fruit from a feeble…lindapeters in # blurt • 4 years ago • 2 min readBawlA brawl between two thoughts Truth and lies Exchange heavy punches In the ring of a soul Wrestling! Locking horns! Delivery parcels of upper-cut They both fell on the canvass Bleeding…lindapeters in # blurt • 4 years ago • 2 min readKing BaleA dreaded king in his shining armor fell suddenly from his throne In the misty hall where war-spoils were shared Where all his stooges worshipped and idolised him The music ceased to play The…lindapeters in # blurt • 4 years ago • 2 min readFull todayI call his name in full today but I call it devoid of the shame and guilt that has trailed me since that night He said 'Body no be firewood; you don't give someone ice cream to collect it…lindapeters in # blurt • 4 years ago • 2 min readLocking hornsA brawl between two thoughts Truth and lies Exchange heavy punches In the ring of a soul Wrestling! Locking horns! Delivery parcels of upper-cut They both fell on the canvass Bleeding…lindapeters in # blurt • 4 years ago • 2 min readPEOPLE WHO DON'T EXISTHere's to the people who swing from the chandelier when there's a house on fire This fire burns, yes but before fire service comes, let's make refined gold out of us Lessons from the fire Here's…lindapeters in # blurt • 4 years ago • 2 min readDONT REVEAL THISCan you keep a secret? With your wide mouth like the unsatisfied belly of hell As loud as the two horn speakers down the street Yet, as small as that stream that drowns You say, never have I…lindapeters in # blurt • 4 years ago • 3 min readLOVE IS NOT MAGICsource At this point I would be happy to receive Cinderella's fairy godmother With a bibbidi babbodi boo She would turn this ugly pumpkin of a situation to a sparkly carriage With a swoosh…lindapeters in # blurt • 4 years ago • 2 min readPLEASE WHYHoney, will you remember how you tore down the walls of stone I built around my heart? Will the words I say continue to confuse you like the Igbo to the Chinese? Will you not remember how these…lindapeters in # blurtstory • 4 years ago • 2 min readA WALK DOWN MEMORY LANEsource The doctors call it amnesia That thing that happens in a snap of a finger A zap like thunder Blinding white like lightning Then leaves you with a very clean slate My darling, our…
