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
Category Archives: Write Ups
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
Tighten Your Seatbelts
Poem Written by Sandra Chukwudumebi Obiora 11.37am 21.05.2013 ©
‘Things are about to change! Prepare your heart for things will not stay the same.
You were wrong to indulge so much my dear. Stand up, dust up.
Unwise I might add, because now it is very hard for you to let go.
You should have just schemed the surface. Should not have gone in so deep.’
‘Now you are lost. Not sure why you must lose this comfort, if you will.
Yes you will. Reality is cruel my darling. So tie up your laces. Get ready.’
‘It will be taken away from you like it was never present.
It will become just like a mere figment of your imagination.’
‘Tighten your belts’; said the host.
‘Prepare for the next stage of your ride,
That phase where you lose it all again, to get it all back again;
In new forms, new faces, new shapes, new sizes, new voices, new knowledge’ he added.
‘For indeed many things will be lost, and many others gained.
Still you must persevere in this new weather you are soon to enter. Tighten your belt my love.’
‘Latch on to your parachute right now. Keep your head high.
For soon, the latch will be forced open, the wind will be let in, and you sent flying. So be strong!’.
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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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Forgotten Lover
An Apoetsbrain Original 2011 ©
It appears you must always be by my side
For me to think more about you.
I know I may promise you now
That I will think about you everyday that you are away,
But we both know that is untrue. Continue reading Forgotten Lover
Nothing Without Love
“If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.
The Bridge of Life
An Apoetsbrain Original ©. Written 13th March 2020
The difference between us is not something that you can see.
Even if you take a careful look. No.
Can you see it? No.
It is not about our skin color.
No, it is not in the color of our eyes.
It is not about our gender. Nor is it about age.
It even has nothing to do with intellect.
Yet, believe me when I tell you that we are different. It is all in the mind you see.
For as you know, we are both standing on this bridge called life together.
While you yearn to make it successfully through to the end,
I yearn to jump off this ledge if just to put an end to all of this sorrow I feel.
Do you see? Can you understand our difference now?
Yet you rest your hand upon my shoulder and say: ‘Friend, I understand.’
With bewilderment, I laugh in bemusement. Wondering if you have gone deaf.
Yet you refuse to let me go. You hold on to me in a comforting hug.
Whispering words of wisdom, words of courage, words of hope.
Words that sound too good to be true.
With tears dripping down my cheeks, I hear you whisper to me;
“‘Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you.
Before you were born, I sanctified you.’
‘In this world, you will have trouble.
But be of good cheer for I have overcome the world.’
Yes, ‘I am with you even till the end of the age.’
“I will never leave you nor forsake you.”
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Life is an Expedition
Poem Written by Krystal Orellano Weldon © 2020
I just follow my heart at any condition. Continue reading Life is an Expedition
Another Love Story
Written by Dr. Olusola O. Bamisile (BB)
I have heard a lot of stories about love
Some amazing and some sad
Earnestly waiting for the day I will start compiling mine
The Morphology of You
An Original Poem by Sandra Chukwudumebi Obiora Written 24th December 2011©
The distance between us
Only allows me to know you by memory. Continue reading The Morphology of You
I Dream of a Maze
Poem Written by Krystal Orellano Weldon © 2020
I Dream of a Maze
I dream of a maze;
My world appears to be a mystery. Continue reading I Dream of a Maze
Before Abraham Was
“…Jesus’ friends and enemies were staggered again and again by what he said and did.
He would be walking down the road, seemingly like any other man, then turn and say something like, ‘Before Abraham was, I am.’
Continue reading Before Abraham Was
White and Grey
“Is it wrong of me to wish for that chill ?
that horrible wind that blows past skin and heads straight to the bones, turning them to ice, turning eyes to glass, and hearts to meditative melancholy? ~
For it appears winter has tarried too long already.
For my soul finds more rest in the midst of white and grey.”
By Sandra C. Obiora 2016 Continue reading White and Grey
A Letter to Myself
Poem Written by Krystal Orellano Weldon © 2020
She always came in second place to self love.
So I write her a letter to remind her;
She is a bad queen. Continue reading A Letter to Myself
Life in Details
“The essence of life is found in the details.
It is not always written in the expanse of outlandish displays of joy, affection, peace…
It is often there lurking in-between milliseconds. Life is often there offering itself to you in the minute details of each minute.”
~ Sandra Chukwudumebi Obiora
Existence
“Imagine your existence. Now imagine only ever existing.”
~ Sandra C. Obiora
Photography with Joe II
Today on Apoetsbrain we are featuring photography by Joe Onginjo. Joe is a fun, spirited and strong willed soul from Kenya. He recently rekindled his passion for photography as a way of making new friends and capturing the intricate details of day to day life. He is currently in China doing his PhD research in Management Science.
When asked the motivation for photography, Joe said Continue reading Photography with Joe II
Decades Come and Go
An Apoetsbrain Original © Written 31st December 2019
As I look out my window at bleak skies,
As I feel my way through the winter chill
As I think of glories past
As I dwell on things to come. Continue reading Decades Come and Go
Birthing Emeralds
An Apoetsbrain Original ©
One great man was mocked because of his lifelong agenda and effort to bring about peace in his community.
This man worked, strived, suffered and later died for peace.
He will be seen as a peace maker, the reconciler, the forgiver of many many wrongs.
He welcomed the concept of generosity, and begged that each man care for his neighbor. Continue reading Birthing Emeralds
Her Beauty
“Every lady has her own appeal…
Her beauty lies in the details.
Only those who have genuinely searched for it can find it.
Only those who have found it can try to comprehend the beauty that is her creation.Only those desperate to shelter it are deserving enough to grab onto the gold that holds the power to decorate one’s destiny.”
~ Sandra C. Obiora
Comprehension
The following is a featured piece written by Bonsu Adjei-Arthur © All rights reserved
I sat down under the tree of life, Down by the river of strife
Looking down at the caves that went through the mountains from which questions arose
Perhaps my questions were questions but as a Poet I could question my doubts
Like Newton, I knew a new thing was about to drop. Continue reading Comprehension
Adulthood
“At some point, we come to recognize that adulthood is not about the freedom to do and undo as we please. Rather, adulthood is a call to realization.
Realizing that your decisions now can affect a hundred generations ahead of you. Realizing that your habits now can seep into your blood, and spread across your generational bloodline like wild fire.”
~ Apoetsbrain Original
We Now Know It All
An Apoetsbrain Original © 2012
When it comes to love, there is nothing new or surprising anymore.
We now know it all.
In short, we know too much to expect too much.
Gone are the days when we knew not what to anticipate. Continue reading We Now Know It All
Life Giving Forces
“If our sun is a life giving force, then the universe is surrounded by billions of life giving forces which we call stars.
Thus, if The One who made The Universe is the Maker of all life giving forces, why then do you remain hopeless ?”
~ Quotes by Apoetsbrain 2016 ©
