RANDOM THOUGHTS

S.I.O: TOBI BAMIDELE’S REVIEW The Theme: VIVID According to the ENGLISH dictionary that we download from Google Playstore which a planetary percentage of us have on our smartphones; VIVID means "A felt-tipped permanent marker, genericised from the brand". I tried in all honesty to relate this definition to the S.I.O spoken words concert and I couldn't make much sense from it. Then, I came across other meanings of VIVID like "Clear, Detailed, Powerful, Bright, Intense, Colourful" which is quite reasonable. However, I needed something deeper to vibe with and google is never far away. Google describes vivid as "giving powerful feelings or strong clear images in the mind, to evoke" and right there and then, I could feel the dots connecting.

Art by @oseikhuemen_aikpehae In my country, We have apples.. We have the largest Apple orchard in the World. People from far and near come for our Apples. But we don't eat our Apples For we are bound by chains of Corruption Our mouths pierced and locked by pot-bellied monsters We own the land and orchard But we're slaves in and to our Land Our leaders are on the tree They choose who and to whom the Apple feeds The worms feast on the ones that drop For we are locked out of our pride. The day will come when I'll burn down the land. The smokes that'll rise ll make the heavens cry And I'll laugh in hysteria. WELCOME TO NIGERIA - Tobi Bamidele

Few months ago, Which happens to be a year +, I took a break from blogs and writing to concentrate on a 9-5 job. And FAM, naah I was really not cut out for a 9-5.