They linger where the lantern light dies, Invisible shadows wearing borrowed skins, Eyes like mirrors cracked by silence and existence, Breathing the dust of nightmares dared and told. Their voices are rivers with no mouth, With songs unpinned, unhinged from the throat of time, Stanzas and lines erased before they even rhyme. They are not storms, yet thunder follows, not ghosts, yet doors refuse to close. They leave no footprints, only questions. They lay bare riddles that the earth half-knows. We speak of them as absence clothed, as if the night itself could steal a stare, but even absence has a border, has a presence. But them, they walk beyond, unthreaded, bare. They come on the hush of broken drumbeats that no dancer dares to follow,wearing the decay of forgotten despair with faces veiled in ancestral rites. Between the fire and the silence, between the living and the dead, they are the gods who lost their story. They walk where Legba bars the gate, yet carry no offering...
The Prompt: I came across a rather unconventional comment under one of the many political posts and i have been both amused and intrigued. The Comment(paraphrased): We are thinking humans—So, In the spirit of common sense, let us not act like the animals on our political flags. The Discussion: Let's take the two biggest and popular political parties in Ghana (biggest and popular as defined by the voting strength in the 2024 elections). The NPP has the Elephant as their emblem/totem/symbol while the NDC has the Eagle and Umbrella. Since we are looking at animals, let's stay with the Elephant and the Eagle. The Views: My amusement stemmed from the fact that the individual might have written the comment from the "classes of animals" perspective(by Carolus (Carl) Linnaeus). Where his comment was to urge humans not lower their ranks to that of the other classes of animals as they shared their political debates. The intriguing part is carved where it is realised these an...
The NPP presidential race, to me, feels less like a contest of popularity and more like a mirror of our political psychology: what we admire, what we fear, and what we repeatedly mistake for leadership. Aspirant 1 walks into the room like what we have been conditioned to call the perfect gentleman. Polished. Respectful. Experienced. The kind of man you would proudly introduce to your parents and your pastors. He carries himself with a softness that makes people feel safe. And yet, I worry about softness when the storms of leadership come. Charisma without firmness can be dangerous. Gentleness without authority can be costly. My fear is not that he lacks intelligence, but that he may lack the hardness required to resist manipulation. A leader who cannot say “no” strongly enough risks becoming a vessel; not a visionary, but a product of the ambitions of those around him. Aspirant 2 is cut from the opposite cloth. He does not bend easily. His presence alone feels like a warning. You...
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