THE STORY OF THE SINGLE

The story of the single
Very ready to mingle
Living life like a show
As with the tide, he rides and flows
Strong as a rock
Yet lacking the buck
Fickle like a fiddle
Never afraid to meddle
Such bravado accompanied with age
And yet given to such unspoken rage
Having the spontaneity of the snow
Oh, such an unsteady haze of flow

Yet the blessedness of the single
Lies in his ability to choose
Not allowing his decisions to dangle
Letting them dance in the wild all loose
Those are the days of training
Never the time of whining
Of blessings lost
And opportunities burst
Your singleness, sister of mine, is not a curse
Please do not carry this cross

And when they are all married
And your vision seems marred
Do not be deterred young lady
That time will come,my lady
For the goal of being single
My lady, is that you allow yourself mingle
In such a world of opportunities
Not taking your gifts for granted with such impunity
Be your best and fly high, my lady
It is the fitting answer to the malady
Of the lies and deception of the culture
That makes you loose your composure

And to you my dear man
Take this and strengthen your domain

Written by

Yours Truly,
Beulah, Vivian

scriptwriter87@gmail.com  

twitter/Instagram: @club7teen

FOR THE LOVE OF POETRY

So Yao and I had this conversation cum poetry bout. Enjoy it too because I did mightily.

Yao: Let's freestyle some poetry right here

Bey: He tells me about poetry

While my mind is busy with the business of pottery

All these people playing lottery

Is there any future in forgery

Yao: I swear I thought it all jiggery-pokery

But I dared not use mockery

When I knew she wanted to be lowkey

Bey: Now he's making me scared

All together I'm getting mad

Oh,  that word mockery is really bad

Yao: But why fret over that

When joy is all there to be had

Quickly pack it in like that bag

Bey: I'll take your counsel

Thereby my pains will be cancelled

Why carry a heavy weight?

When I could simply jubilate

Yao: But My pencil stencil that unique council

So we can call Gretel to call Hansel

Bey: Gretel and Hansel are on a mission

Not even you can deter them from that vision

Maybe we can find some other siblings

Who will have time for my rumblings

Yao: Rumblings for your mumblings

Hansel will accept my counsel to come in from his mission

To take part in our shared vision and bind you to prison

Bey: Hahaha, well I am a spirit

Can you imprison a spirit?

The very weight of my presence

Will humble any pretense

The very thought of imprisoning me is a pretense

And my essence outweighs such pretense

Yao: Alas I am afeared of spirits

Who will consume my soul like cheezits

So here are you credits

Take em all till they fizzle

Bey: Now, he's afraid of the spirit

Who will take his reality and spin it

Who will also take all the credits

Like the the tools in my toolkits

Yao: Ahh typical african misunderstanding my sarcastic wit

I will  soon pop you like a stuborn zit

And laugh as I watch your insides split

Spirit or no - It will be tat before tit

Then watch as the flames get you lit

Now, who did it better? Please don’t be a sexist. Lol.

Yours Truly,

Beulah

scriptwriter87@gmail.com

 Twitter/Instagram: @club7teen

A PLEASANT SURPRISE

A lot of things have happened in my life in the past few weeks but the most pleasant is this: I got a mail from Konnect Africa, a group I participated in their online writing competition two years ago. The mail said:

Thanks once again for participating in the very first edition of the "I Know A Nigerian Star" Writing Competition.

After reading through over 150 entries received in the Contest, we were really moved and touched by the stories we received, including yours. Some stories actually moved us to tears. 

After much reflection, we felt strongly that we could not keep these stories to ourselves. We had to share them with the world.

So we carefully picked our selection of the Top 52 stories and compiled it into an amazing e-book we are proud of.

On behalf of the rest of our team, I am writing you today to congratulate you because your story made the cut and is one of the 52 stories contained in the book.

I am also writing you today to share with you a copy of the e-book, so that you can read it and let us know what you think.

I’m so excited; that’s why I’m sharing the news with you all. If you love poetry, then hold on for my breath-taking poetry collection that I would be releasing by December and my collection of short stories that will follow next. I told you; I will take the literary world by storm and then the music world and then you…lol

I’m grateful to God and excited.

Yours Truly,

Beulah

scriptwriter87@gmail.com

Twitter/Instagram: @club7teen