Creative Writing
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The Protest against Change
In the educational sectors where headteachers and principals have learned to attach responsibility and good opportunities to suits and ties, a threaded hair with no bone-straight, children are missing the people who have dedicated their lives to the belief in a better future—them. Nowhere is it written that unless the “new age children” wear their… Continue reading
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Death tastes like Chocolate
My third attempt at love making ended in death. He’s always argued that love making is supposed to kill and since I wasn’t dead yet he wasn’t making the right love. Today, he said for the trick that’ll either kill me and save us or keep me and take the relationship, he needed my lifeless… Continue reading
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The Paradox of Selflessness
Selflessness, often portrayed as the epitome of altruism and virtue, is a concept deeply ingrained in moral philosophy and social norms. However, beneath its altruistic facade lies a paradoxical truth: selflessness may often be more of a selfish act than it is a selfless one. At first glance, acts of selflessness appear to involve sacrificing… Continue reading
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Laughter’s Lyrics
Choose joy as often as you choose to sing that song from your favourite artist.Choose laughter the same way you choose to learn the lyrics of that new single.Find what brings you peace of mind as you find your best track in the album.Choose yourself as often as you choose to defend the artist behind… Continue reading
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Lingering Loss
When the grief we’ve decided to embrace decides to rob us, how do we keep our hands still wrapped around it?Can the land we buried our mothers still be proud enough to answer when we call it our fatherland?What do we call a tongue that’s forgotten its way home? What do we call a man… Continue reading
Delight Chilegide Olumati 