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  Some time...

  

  By Tommieyboy, Lagos, Nigeria

  I spent some time in hell. The flames threatened to destroy my bones after malting away my skin. Time came for me to relocate. Picture a prisoner finally being freed after it is discovered that he was not the culprit. Multiply that by a thousand, that was me. I got to heaven, The calm breeze d...
• Poetry > Haiku
  If....

  

  By Tommieyboy, Lagos, Nigeria

  If I were to fall, I would make sure I did so, into your own arms....
• Hot Topics > What Matters
  What are they for?

  

  By Tommieyboy, Lagos, Nigeria

  Ever wonder what it would be like if each couple could only give birth to one child? For me, life would be easier,being the firstborn. At first, when you're born, you get all the love and the attention you need, and just when things are getting better, mum says you should be expecting a baby s...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  1.4.3.

  

  By Tommieyboy, Lagos, Nigeria

  Those three little words, they melt the soul, and warm the spirit. They can solve the worst of problems, and yet, they're the most difficult to say. You've got to mean it when you say it, Its only when you look beyond those charming eyes, deep into the soul of the one you love, tha...
• Hot Topics > Pride & Prejudice
  Change...

  

  By Tommieyboy, Lagos, Nigeria

  This may sound too cliche,but change is the only constant thing in our world.Have you ever thought of what it would be like living in the same black and white era that our grandparents probably lived in? Imagine our world as though it never changed from its beginning. What if our key inventors decid...
• Poetry > Haiku
  Friends

  

  By Tommieyboy, Lagos, Nigeria

  Friends may come and go, True friends aren't easy to find, but they're here to stay....
• Poetry > Free Verse
  The Boss,Na or Me?

  

  By Tommieyboy, Lagos, Nigeria

  I woke up that morning, with screams from upstairs. I dashed up the stairway, to see who was there. My granny was shivering. She'd had a bad dream. She needed the doctor, or so it did seem. I called for Doc Marco, he rushed from his home. He checked Na's temperature, but why did...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  The Joy of A brother.

  

  By Tommieyboy, Lagos, Nigeria

  A brother is like a chrm to behold. A jewel like none before. His joy,for nothing, can be sold, he's loved forever more. He's a blessing to the family, a gift to the world. A prize to man's history, a sheer replica of gold. He's blessed among the nations, favoured by the...
• Poetry > Haiku
  Music

  

  By Tommieyboy, Lagos, Nigeria

  It stretched out its arm, deep into my darkened soul. It was sweet music...
• Poetry > Haiku
  Success

  

  By Tommieyboy, Lagos, Nigeria

  You can never know, the meaning of true success, unless you have failed....