Grey's Book Club

If the sun touches me, I might die. I might burn from the earthly fire before I visit hell. Mama said the walls are my friends. She said if I find the light, I'd end up dead. I believe mama, She is so good to me. She said life is nothing but trauma Staying close to the earth that gave me birth, is good for me. Mama doesn't feed me, it is bad for my soul. I live in an underground heaven ever since I was a day old. She is the only human I know. She is the only human there is, or so I am told. Mama is beautiful, she has a beautiful voice. She puts a finger of peace over her lips and tells me when I speak, it is terrible noise. I am to stay forever silent in my humble abode. Let the shadows keep my company, creatures like me have no choice. Mama said I am not a child, Mama said those words very mild. She said I fell from the sky, She said i'd be like this till I die. Oh mama, so very kind. She is letting me live in this heaven because she is wonderf...

He's an hustler in search of nirvana He has cravings and some crazy wants it's a bid to match society the need to be somebody. It's his race against adversity the bid to steal some of life's warmth It's the dream he has of being rich and he knows it might not come true. Treks for hours and make a second's earning but come the next day, and he does it again Needles, pins, threads and wounds Some scars just never heal. But then, there's a light at the end perhaps if he keeps on trying one day, he'll mend the gold shoe and earn a king's pay. It's his hustle the reason he stands up everyday to walk around on rumbling stomach and meet strangers who don't care for his worth. Author's Biography

                  It was not the fall that broke bones but the one that killed senses Happened one night the world was full of ill Splat! My heart went. Some stolen kisses, some fleeting glances Time stood till, it was all in my head Just like a girl yearning for love I fell, my reasoning went numb. “Catch me, please catch me,” I begged while cupid watched with a knowing smile on his plump face Life had come to play its game. My lover turned his back Unfulfilled were his unspoken promises How soullessly fleecing his affections Love owes me a debt. Cupid, little cheat, he chose wrong An unworthy lover he was surely, I deserved better but I fell, just like a girl. Author's Biography Picture Credit: mymodernmet.com

Free me, let me live sins of the past, demons of now Free me, let me be intricacies of the future, uncertain as it is. Like a beautiful bird, she's in a cage slowly, her feathers fall Lines and creases of age everyday her smile fades. Expectations, huge as they are fill her soul to its core A dream and a reality so bleak that place she just can't reach. Stuck in a loop, confining it is victim of people's beliefs Afraid to have a  mind of her own sacred to think for herself. When will freedom come? When will she ask those questions? the ones that lurk like monsters the questions of her sanity. Perhaps in this world before she goes or maybe in the next one if it does come something will give, a thing like change and she'll realize she is her own cage. Author's Biography Picture credit: pexels.com

In the absence of the moon bright stars come out to play If the stars can love me so why can't I be human? By the place where the sun rises and where it sets I search for hope so my dreams can live I write letters to destiny, surely that might help If my fate is wrong, maybe my prayers will be right. It is in the afternoons I wonder everyone with painful stories to tell but with a smile, they live It is then I think the sun is smiling Its glare burns so hot, but beautiful I know it is reminding me to be human Some dreams come true, they are supposed to Some dreams do not, I suppose they shouldn't I have searched far and I have sought wide And I really write letters to destiny, surely it will help One day, fate will smile on me. That day, my prayers will be answered I hope I can sit under stars that shine bright that remind me to just be human Surely my letters will get to destiny. Picture credit; shutterstock.com Author's Biography

Blinding fear gripped my soul so, I struck blindly at the monsters in the shadow only the monsters did not exist and my imagination had played on me I remembered when father said people can be captives of their thoughts Striking myself a blow so hard I wavered I realized how true his words were. By allowing my fear overtake my senses I became defeated So, I set on a journey of salvation only to find the path unpaved and marred by thorns But my destination was not so far Almost thrusted into the familiar darkness I remembered mother said perseverance can take one to where dreams live. I fought creatures and shed my blood My dream place was elusive When I had to cross a bridge whose line was narrow I remembered the faces of those whose heart sang of love so, I gathered my strength and sought for hope Then, I flew and was at the other end. With a great determination to reach the lair of my dreams the blind faith that I would get there I opened the gates of wher...