It isn't easy being ME ... #GoFigure

There's none that can fit in my shoes...

I have looked up and down...

High and low...

Yet, couldn't find a soul that could be ME...

It isn't easy being ME...

Find another who would leave a roaring career like me ...

Happy to live in the shadows ...

Happy being with another's child...

Yet, call them her own ...

It isn't easy being ME...

Through the highs and lows of life ...

I have survived...

Because I have the gay abandon of a child in me...

Am lost yet found in every innocent smile ...

That has crossed my path ...

It isn't easy to fit in my boots...

Many have tried and failed...

Because they had ulterior motives...

I have none...

It isn't easy being ME...

How many can boast of going to sleep...

Hearing the voice of a little one saying nighty night to you ?

How many receive a goodnight video of storytelling ...

From happy parents...

Proud parents...

Of a child who reads a bedtime story for ME...

It isn't easy being ME...

It's awesome being ME...

#GoFigure

In continuation...

A Simple Man...

The anti hero character...

Who calls himself...

The Simple Man...

She doesn't know why...

But, she fell in love with him...

The one who doesn't seem to care at times...

Yet, cares enough to connect once again...

When he feels he hasn't bid her goodnight...

Or when he feels he's hurt her...

That's when she knows...

He cares!

A Simple Man...

He doesn't know...

How to articulate his feelings...

A man subdued by his existence...

A man held back by his experience...

Yet, a simple man...

Man enough, to care ...

To hear her nagging voice...

Together they live their ...

Separate lives in far off cities..m

Yet, together they prepare tea ...

And, watch each other ...

Miles apart...

She extolls her feelings loud and clear...

He watches her lovingly...

With deep brooding eyes...

His eyes...

They give him away...

A simple man indeed! 

To be in love yet not utter the word love... #GoFigure

Sigh!

To be in love ...

Yet, not be able to say ...

I love thee ...

For fear of the big bad world out there...

To get us somehow...

You, me or anyone...

People have no other business now ...

Just look into what others do ...

Great timepass for them...

What say!

I remember...

Being enamoured by your charm...

Your voice...

Still in my head ...

In every cell of my being ...

Just like I am...

Deep-seated in the cockles of your heart...

An imaginary love...

That turned into virtual reality...

A reality none of us can deny ...

Nor own up ...

For repurcussions would be unhealthy...

So, we keep our affair...

Wrapped within us ...

Lest we hurt the ones wevlove anyways...

This love in this lifetime...

Comes with shackles ...

Shackles which neither you nor I ...

Can break! 

#GoFigure 

Depression sets in...

I don't want to die without my boots on ...

I need to get back to school...

Virus or no virus...

Am missing the laughter of the little ones...

The gentle soft fingers ruffling my greys ...

The sweet uninhibited smiles...

The madness and chaos around...

I swear...

Every moment is cherished...

Am living in the glory of the past ...

Going crazy wondering what my little ones are upto...

Depression has set in ...

I don't know if I can survive another day cooped up like an imprisoned chick...

I need freedom ...

I need to get back to school...

I need to dance with my kids ...

I need to sing out aloud ...

I need to hug the bundles of joy ...

I need my kids!! 

Every time...

I have realised, that every time I have had an experience that has jolted my very existence, I have bounced back looking more beautiful. 

I guess it's the extra fine lines around my eyes, the eyes that look crystal clear after a good cry in the dark in solitude... Yes! I look like a colourful butterfly transformed from her larvae stage in the cocoon her self imposed exile ... Into a beautiful butterfly! 

Having fulfilled my responsibility as a daughter, sister, wife, daughter in law, and mother ... I have reached a stage in my journey to travel alone for myself now.  I know it will seem a bit arduous initially but I know one thing for sure, it will be a beautiful and adventurous journey too.

Every time, it has in the past been one beautiful journey, journaling which was fun... And am sure gonna enjoy the forthcoming journeys too EVERY TIME! 

An Ode To A Traveller... The Gourmet Gallivanted!

Pechu...

As they refer to him...

His friends and all and sundry ...

She met him on Facebook ...

She fell for his food and charms...

His words ...

He charmed his way into her head ...

And, heart of late ...

But, emotions apart ...

He stood apart from the rest ...

As the Knight in the Gourmet Avatar! 

Traversing the length and breadth of Earth...

In all his sixty springs of youth ...

Through the autumn of times ...

Warm and cozy winters ...

Drenched in the monsoons of life ...

He writes of his passionate affair with food ...

The images taken from his camera ...

Doing justice to the ones who lay the delights ...

On his table ...

Only to be immortalized by his eloquent description in words spoken and written...

And captured in his camera for the world to see...

He the gallavanting connoisseur ...

Of all things good and about food...

He the Adonis ...

The Gourmet Gallivanted!

Pechu's Planet ...

Has immortalized many a food joints ...

Social media abounds of the images and his travel deeds...

He has a way with words...

Waxing eloquent...

A thorough gentleman and a ladies man ...

He's won many a hearts ...

Through his words that speaketh of his passion...

For travel and food! 

His world of travel and ...

His words descriptive of his love for good food...

Attracted her ...

She fell head over heels in love ...

With his penchant for food and...

Exploration of the world beyond her imagination! 

The Bond of the World Cuisine ...

His stealth and mastery over wine ...

And fine fine ...

He sure can con a young nimble heart ...

Into being a starry eyed nymph.

#GoFigure 

What to wear!

The only #Dilemma in my life is , WHAT DO I WEAR TODAY? 

I can't seem to zero in on a dress for the day especially on a #Sunday ... Aaarrggghhh! Decision making is such a daunting task where clothes are concerned! 🙈

It's not that am wanting for the threads ... 

I have plenty...

Enough to cloth many...

People ask me for my clothes...

If they can fit into them...

I seldom repeat my clothes in the same season...

I may repeat the next year...

Same season...

If I can find my clothes in the pile up ...

At home...

In the steel trunks ...

The many cupboards...

And the carrybags under the beds...

It's a dilemma for sure...

What to wear ...

Especially if it's a holiday and am going out...

Whilst at home...

My birthday suit is the best bet...

Then there's no dilemma 🤪

Saintly Sins...

A very different kind of sin...

The desires and yearning...

Of one who seemed frigid in a glance...

Frail in another...

Yet, so full of life ...

A vibrant nature...

Albeit, a sinner...

A saintly sin committed...

She laughed at her demeanor...

A meaningful stance she took...

A plunge into the unknown depths...

Of love she traversed...

Hurtling down the dark alleyway...

The darkness engulfing her...

A negative G thrust...

A feeling hitherto alien...

Yet, an aura surrounds her...

She committed her sin...

A Saintly Sin ...

A smug smile on her lips...

She turned around...

Thinking of the sin...

A Saintly Sin...

She took flight...

Spreading her wings far and wide. #GoFigure