“What is music? Is it not but a collection of the sounds of the world? It is that special combination of what could have been noise that sets your heart ablaze, your nerves afire, and your feet to dancing.“
~ By Sandra C. Obiora – 5/10/2020
Category Archives: Write Ups
It Is Easier To…
It is easier to be sad than happy. Continue reading It Is Easier To…
Just a Little More
“Sometimes, all it takes is a little more strength, a little more courage, a little more interest, a little more determination. Not a lot more, just a tiny bit more than you had before to make it through, and suffer no regrets.”
~ Quotes by Apoetsbrain
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Existence
“Imagine your existence. Remember the reality of your consciousness. Now imagine only just existing with that consciousness. Knowing nothing, then heading nowhere meaningful even after death. Such hopelessness!
I wish to have nothing to do with it.”
~ Sandra C. Obiora
A Person of My People
Reflections from Summer 2018. A piece by Sandra C. Bamisile ©
Being Nigerian in Nigeria is something nearly profound. There is a comfort that creeps over my skin. It is almost suffocating how magnificent it feels to be your own person among your own people. It is almost bewildering how ecstatic I am to eat the food of my people by my people, with my people. Continue reading A Person of My People
Sam vs. Ugandan Wildlife
Ever wanted to visit East Africa for a taste of its wild life? Well, here is a little taste of wildlife heaven from the planes of Uganda. Meet Sam Balyejusa, the genius behind these excellent shots.
The World With No Sound
By Sandra C. Obiora. Written 6.3.13 © All rights reserved.
Imagine with me for a second a world without sound.
The ocean without the lapping and flapping of the waves,
My African Hair
By Sandra C. Obiora. © All rights reserved (Written 25.10.2013)
My hair and I are not always the best of friends.
We sometimes fight, and we sometimes make up.
She gives me all this work and all this trouble,
Yet I love her for what she is, and what she represents. Continue reading My African Hair
Wisdom’s Call
“Wisdom calls aloud outside;
She raises her voice in the open squares.
She cries out in the chief concourses,
At the openings of the gates in the city
She speaks her words:
“How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity?
For scorners delight in their scorning,
And fools hate knowledge.”
Proverbs 1: 20-22
This is a Day
This is a day, a week, a month, a year, a life, and a lifetime that the Lord has made. I will rejoice and be glad in it.
~Inspired by Psalm 118:24
I See Potential
Featured Poem by Olusola Bamisile (BB). All rights reserved ©
As I journey from one city to another in Nigeria
And recount all the experiences embedded in every moment Continue reading I See Potential
When I Consider the Heavens
When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers,
The moon and the stars, which You have ordained,
What is man that You are mindful of him,
And the son of man that You visit him?
For You have made him a little lower than the angels,
And You have crowned him with glory and honor.
Psalm 8: 3-5
Heart Burn
An Apoetsbrain Original. © All rights reserved.
I feel it. In my chest, and in my throat.
As though a snail has lodged itself in my soul.
Sliding and slicing. Bringing with it poisons. Continue reading Heart Burn
What We See
“Beautiful is what we see. More beautiful is what we know. Most beautiful is what we don’t.”
– Nicolas Steno Continue reading What We See
Love Isn’t Perfect
Featured Poem by Olusola Bamisile (BB). All rights reserved ©
Guess you are waiting to read another sad story
Or the title aligns with your thought process
But permit me to contradict myself
Love is perfect and perfect love chases all fears Continue reading Love Isn’t Perfect
Staring At Closed Doors
“When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one that has opened for us.”
-Alexander Graham Bell
The Black Race
Poem by Sandra Chukwudumebi Obiora. Written 30/03/2020 © All rights reserved
I woke up feeling pained within me. Pained for the world we live in. Pained for her cries, but mostly pained for the black race. Continue reading The Black Race
Blue Whale
Featured Piece written by Chris Nash ©
Chris tries to use poetry to give a voice to the ones whose voices have been lost or taken away from them. He is currently working on a series of songs that species under severe threat of extinction might sing – if we had ears to listen to them. Blue Whale is one of them. Continue reading Blue Whale
Ego My Dear
Many are the mental struggles of mankind.
Daily we fight wars for and against our fragile egos. Continue reading Ego My Dear
Photography with G&C
Founded in June 2017, G&C is a unique duo.
The band is composed of Gin (孙吉) and CaiCai (蔡秉汝) . They both have a strong sense of music and a seamless ability to create musical masterpieces together. Both of them excel in impromptu ensembles; their powerful telepathy even makes their rehearsing sounds like an improvisation. A tasteful blend of Chinese and Western in its true form, the sound of the band is one with a soul. Recently, this duo have begun to delve more into the divine world of photography.
A Few Suns
“Although some stars burn brighter than others, those other dimmer suns are not to be underestimated, for they burn too. They burn deep, they burn hot, they burn blue.”
~ By Sandra Chukwudumebi Obiora
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Viral
This is a featured piece written by Seni Joshua © All rights reserved.
They’re the Millennials. The Gen-Zs. The Instagram, Facebook and Snapchat generation. Continue reading Viral
Salt & Ashes
Featured Piece by Tribes of Asaph
I feared no end.
A joyful will, I penned it down.
Years went by, faces changed.
The Sun remained the same. Continue reading Salt & Ashes
Perfect Love
“There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear.”
~ 1 John 4:18a
Words
Featured Piece written by Derek Oluwamuyiwa Fodeke-Rodgers ©
If we talked…
If we talked and I spoke sweet words…
If we talked and my words cradled your face like they were hands…
If you heard everything you’ve ever wanted will you truly be happy?
Or would you mimic me?
Whisper the words you want to hear to your self.
Cradle your own face with your own words. Continue reading Words
A Thousand MegaPixels
The following is a featured piece written by Bonsu Adjei-Arthur © All rights reserved
Arthur’s Introduction to this piece
I have looked at how my world has changed so much and how creative we have become and the extent of magic we can pull up with our creativity from our devices and everything. However, I also felt the need to talk about the downside of all these great things and how people don’t fit. I played the part of the architect generation and how I am happy to see the delusion, the reality and all the glamour of everything and how it seems to all play into my grand plan. As such, I titled it. A THOUSAND MEGAPIXELS. Enjoy. Continue reading A Thousand MegaPixels
I am…
“I am like a moth to the flame of a beautiful soul.
A bee to the scent of a flowering heart.
A predator to the prey called negativity
A David to the Goliath of helplessness.
A Paul to the ministry of repentance.
A triumphant student to the lessons of life.
Water to the wilderness of the dying mind.”
~ An Apoetsbrain Original ©
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Severe Battles
“The most severe battle must be the one where you need to fight against becoming that which is already ingrained within your system since childhood.
The one where you must do things differently.”
~ Quotes by Apoetsbrain
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The Right Skin
“Many years ago, I came into a profound realization that God brought me into this world to my parents with this gender, this skin, this hair, these eyes, this mind, this physique for a reason. Continue reading The Right Skin
Right Now
“I will not leave it for later. No. I will get up, and I will do it right now.”
~ Quotes by Apoetsbrain
