Describing Fear (2): The Day I Challenged Usain Bolt’s Record – Funmi Adebayo

The story continues from Describing Fear (1): When A Horror Movie Played Out In My Business One Beautiful December Morning: When the gateman wouldn’t show up at his duty post despite several honks as I drove out to work that morning, I concluded he must have gone about his ‘personal business’ as usual. Therefore, I swiftly stood in for him to avoid further delay. This … Continue reading Describing Fear (2): The Day I Challenged Usain Bolt’s Record – Funmi Adebayo

A Second Touch…a Poem by Funmi Adebayo

Why do you wonder, “Will I ever be made whole?” When, despite My touch, You still see men Like trees walking around? Why do you murmur, When I am still working To fulfill Your burning desire? Why do you doubt, When, in your frantic search Through the dark, You can’t find A single trace of Me? Jesus …spit into the man’s eyes and placed his … Continue reading A Second Touch…a Poem by Funmi Adebayo

POETRY: Just A Little Yeast… (Happy Independence Day Nigeria) by Funmi Adebayo

Evil triumphs where good men do nothing! -Edmund Burke When ‘ordinary’ men underrate the power of their ‘little’ contribution, they quit trying. However in Nation Building, little good makes a world of difference… Just… Few good mento buttress the truth Few praying mento stand in the gap… Few upright mento uphold the arm of justice Few hopeful peopleto dream of a brighter tomorrow… Jesus told them still another … Continue reading POETRY: Just A Little Yeast… (Happy Independence Day Nigeria) by Funmi Adebayo