Everything God says

About us

Is good and true

And already settled

In Heaven.

Our part

In the grand scheme

Of things?

Quite simply to

Worship. Pray. Love.

When you open your eyes

What do you see?

Is it the

Unadulterated present?

Or reflections

Of inadequacy and doubt

Highlighting the unbearable

And belonging to

Times gone by…

Like all Nigerians, I come from a large family. Qualified thus because even if you're the only child of only children, it’s a given that your parents have a dozen cousins each who themselves have enough offspring to match the gene pool of the most fertile of traditional rulers.

Profundity can be found in the most ordinary of situations. Yet our keying into these moments of insight and truth depends solely on an ability to expect the unexpected…

I love subtle reminders

And this one is key:

Self-flagellation is sooooo old hat.

Besides,

Do I really want to be accused

Of stealing Jesus' thunder?!

There are men who design the clothes that women would like to wear, and there are men who simply fashion garments that speak to their fantasies of how women should present themselves…