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I Chose LIFE

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Still being able to have the ability to Love and the capacity for Love is a blessing indeed. I choose to overcome the negative aspect of my nature. I choose to be child-like towards life. To appreciate the simple pleasures of every-day life. I choose to LIVE- not exist. I choose to LOVE- not hate.

Scorched in the Sun

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This is true story that happened in Lagos State around the Surulere stadium axis. It is told through my eyes….. I remember something I once saw in the year 2005. An eleven year old child was burned to death by an angry mob. He was crying out to his mother, but she denied him just as Peter denied Jesus three times. His offence? He stole a baby, so he could make some money. SACRILEGE! ABOMINATION! Now, let us look at this scenario: A CHILD living on the street with no education, no family structure, no home system, no clothing, no food, no guardian. A child who is forced to fend for himself, because he's been glaringly thrown headfirst into the shocking world of adulthood. A stranger offers an opportunity of a lifetime. A couple of thousand of naira which in everyday speak is a coupla billions in naira. All he has to do is steal a baby for them. In his logic, this is viable because what he does not know would not hurt in regards to whatever his new found benefact