THE PURGE

For all who’ve fallen and given in to the flesh;
The very nature that sought to please you, destroyed you.
And for those who’ve sunken so deep to the depths,
The image on the outside failed to fool you.
Your true self is locked away somewhere within,
Look into the mirror of your heart and don’t give in.



The darkness was choking, stifling and her breathing grew deeper as her breaths became hard. She tried to speak but her voice was hoarse, making talking virtually impossible and screaming out of the question. She felt hot, cramped, but she couldn’t smell the smoke, she could only feel as the burning heat enveloped her body.

As it did, she could feel her flesh slowly singe away. There was no pain, just the lingering feel of death. And the smell; the stench of burning flesh filled her nostrils. She could sense as with each movement, her innocence was being stripped away.

Her heart raced faster and faster and she was sure it would burst any minute. The sweat trickled down her face as the heat of desire burned her skin, gnawing at her every will. The more she tried to control it, the sooner she lost control again. Until, she could no longer fight. Gradually, she began to fall weak, succumbing to the very desire that sought to destroy her, to control her very being.

She tried to move, to take herself away from this abomination. But the harder she struggled, the tighter the grip on her body. It was like walking into quick sand: the harder she fought to come out, the deeper she sank. Soon, she was completely submerged and covered in filth and grime. She tried to think good, happy thoughts to take her mind away from the searing pain and the feel of waste. But it was no use. Her mind, like her flesh, had already caved to submission.

She felt her last will give way as she finally let go. The sensation washed over her like the sea washing over the sand on a beach. It tickled her senses as it moved over her body. She had given in; after what seemed like an eternity of fighting. Now, she had nothing left to fight with; to fight for. It was all gone. Her innocence purged away like a demon expelled during an exorcism. There was nothing left.

And then, as swiftly as it had started, it stopped. There was stillness in the air and as she took a deep breath, she felt nothing. Numb. And for a brief second she was pleased: At peace with herself. It was a flashing moment of bliss, for it was soon over. And when it was gone, the deep feeling of shame settled in. She rolled into a ball on her side as she let the wave of shame wash over her. And soon, she fell asleep again.


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She woke up with a start, eyes wide open and the sweat from her face trickling down unto her hair. Her breaths were deep and hollow and for a second she didn’t know where she was. Gradually, it all came back to her in pieces: The unbearable heat, the burning flesh, her throbbing skin and aching muscles.

As the realization of the dream she had just had settled in, she suddenly bolted from the bed, nearly knocking over the bedside lamp. She glanced around her in a drunken-like haze and got up, running a quick hand over her body. She was fine – at least from all indications.

She crawled back into bed and tried to go to sleep once more but her eyes were wide open. She felt sleepy, but she couldn’t seem to get her eyes to close. She picked up the alarm clock on the bedside table and checked the time; it was 5:30 am. She placed the clock back and slowly, pushed her duvet to the side of the bed.

She was about to stand up when she felt something moist between her legs. Puzzled, she slowly sat up and glanced down at her legs, and in the darkness saw a pool of thick liquid on her bed. Fearfully, she stretched out a hand and touched the liquid with the tip of her middle finger; it felt warm. She brought her palm closer to her face and through a tiny ray of morning light peeking out of her bedroom window, she saw it clearly; blood.

She let out a chilling scream and tried to move. But she couldn’t feel her body. She began to feel faint and soon passed out.

PROVERBS 101(PART THREE)

So I'm back with more of  those "proverbs" you love so much. I have a bunch of them for you to roll over laughing with. Hope you enjoy them! They aren't as hilarious as the others though , their more full of 'wisdom' than 'wit'.
I especially like the Hebrew proverb which in essence teaches preparedness. I think the Spanish proverb talks about contentment and the Dutch one is on cheerful giving.
Well, I hope you learn from them as I did! Enjoy!

“Where there is smoke, there is fire.”
                                  Hindi proverb
“Many small streams have become a big river.”
                                       Swedish proverb
“It is better to have a bird in hand, than to have a hundred fly by.”
                                                                    Spanish proverb
“One who gives a lot, receives a lot”
                              Dutch proverb
“The one that prepares before the Sabbath, may eat on the Sabbath.”
                                                                          Hebrew proverb

Hope you liked it! And remember them as you go along for the rest of this month. See ya!!

PROVERBS 101(PART TWO)

Hey everyone! I've decided to continue with the proverbs and wise-sayings from different parts of the world today. I've spent a while collecting them from different places, and now, here they are!
There are five of them from China, Russia, Japan, East Africa and an Arabic proverb. So have fun with them but don't forget that as funny ot ridiculous as they may be, they also have an atom of truth. Cheers!

- “Three common men are better than one wise man”.
                                       Mandarin Chinese proverb
- “Don’t have a hundred rubles, but have a hundred friends”.
                                                   Russian proverb
- “The best among you are those who are best to womenfolk”.
                                                             Arabic proverb
- “Evidence over argument”.
                           Japanese proverb
- “Love is blind”
               Swahili proverb

So hope you had fun with today's proverbs. More's coming soon...Bye!!

smile

"The day began with dismal doubt

A stubborn thing to put to rout;

But all my worries flew away

When someone smiled at me today."

                    author unknown

When I was a little girl, my mum gave me this tiny litttle white book with the words, "Smile" written on the cover. It was a Helen Exley Giftbook and I cherished it so much that that little book became so worn out. But the words written inside are still intact, and frankly, to me that's all that matters.

I took that book everywhere with me and read it so many times that I could nearly recite it whole from cover to cover. Unknown to me then, That would be my foundation class in what was a growing fascination in poetry.

Every single line of that book is so dear to my heart, but the above lines from an unkown author is by far my favourite. And after nearly ten years, I can still remember the words.

I think I loved this book because for one, it came into my life at a time I was at the very end of hopelessness. It had been a gift to my mother and she had in turn given it to me, with the most beautiful inscription on the front page which read, "Dear Ronke, this is to put a smile on your pretty face - with love - mummy."

To date, it's my most cherished book and I would love to share it with all of you. It got me through the most darkest of times and I hope it does the same for you.

If you want to find out where you can get it, check out www.helenexleygiftbooks.com .

TUMBLEBUGS WISDOM 2

Hiyyah!!So hope you liked the first tumblebugs wisdom, 'cause here's six more for you to ponder on, laugh off and share with friends. Hope you like!!They sure gave me a tickle...lol...

- Everything takes longer than you think it will.


- If you look like your passport photo you’re not well enough to travel.

- No man has ever been shot while doing the dishes.

- A bit of hard work never killed anyone – but why risk it?

- A chicken crossing the road is poultry in motion.

- Bakers trade bread recipes on a knead – to – know basis.

LESSONS LEARNED...four hours to the end

This year was hard for me in a lot of ways. But as hard as it was, I also feel like I've grown. I've learnt a great deal: 

I've learnt how to love and be loved (believe me, it's not as easy as it sounds and frankly I'm still working on it). It's like you feel that you don't deserve the good things of life that you have, but here's the shocker: YOU DO! You do deserve to be happy. You do deserve to be loved. And you do deserve the Grace of God that keeps you alive.
So I've also learnt to love myself and to know that loving myself means doing things that are beneficial to my life, not just permitted. After all, the Bible says, "some things are permissible but not all things are beneficial". So just because smoking is okay doesn't mean I should indulge in it and kill my lungs. (I mean, just saying).
I've also learnt to love and respect people who may be different from me. I've learnt to accept them as they are without judging them, even though I may not accept what they are doing. It's not my place to serve as their judge.
I've learnt to step out of my status quo and prove that I can do whatever I set my heart to do. Our destiny isn't set out in stone. We can change it. Either for good or bad. (Although I reccommend good)
I've learnt that although love could be so tarnished and faded and sometimes it may look like it's not there, at the darkest hour just before dawn, it begins to brighten and change into something new and beautiful and fill our hearts with so much light and life.
I've learnt that life is too short to waste it focused on the bad things and thinking of ways to hurt others or how others have hurt us. Instead, it should be spent creating memories that we can live on and that can live on after us, long after we're gone.
I've learnt to never feel like people owe me something because happiness is only achieved by looking at what you can do for others and not what can be done for you. It's a simple principle of selfless giving, which has existed for a long time, you know? God gave his only son, remember? We didn't even ask, he just did.

I've learnt a lot more this year as I'm sure we all have too. So as we get our wishes and aspirations for the new year ready, let's not forget the lessons learned as this year rolls by and in the new year to come let's always learn to take count of the little things in life that matter and the little lessons that we have learned.
Till then however... Bye!! Ciao!! Au revoir!! Adios!! Arivaderci!! Sayonara!! And see ya in the year 2012!....

MAKING PLANS

Ever notice that things never quite work out as we plan them to? We make plans, New Year resolutions and the like but most times end up spending more time making them than actually doing them.
Bottom Line: Things never work out as we plan. Planning...Scheming... Preparing what we want our lives to be like NEVER WORKS!!!
For instance, I had "planned" to put up a blog post on Christmas day. I had the entire article written and ready to go. Care to take a guess as to what happened? Yep, the "plan" flunked.
So my advice? Quit planning!! Things only work out how they were supposed to in the first place anyway. So what's the use wasting our time bothering?
And if things don't work out as you plan? Make a new one!
But hey, what do I know? I may just as well be rambling! But you can't deny the fact that I may have a point.
Anywho, taking my own advice to make a new plan, this is the piece that I "planned" to post here on Christmas Day. Hope you like!!(Let me know what went wrong if you don't)

A MESSAGE FOR CHRISTMAS
This is a message for you this Christmas,
  so share it with all your family and friends.
Once, a little boy had nothing to live on,
 except a threadbare jacket and a few pieces of bread.
He met a homeless man on his way one day,
 with nothing but sores on his arms, feet and face.
He stopped and sat with him and said,
 "Hey mister! It's Christmas, would you like to share my bread?


In all honesty, this little boy knew not nor cared,
 where his next meal would come from or where he would lay his head.
All he knew was what he had done:
 It was Christmas, he had food but this old man had none.
So together they sat in the cold on this fine day,
 celebrating the birth of our Lord in their own way.


Thus, let this be an example to each and every one of us,
 that in the midst of our bounty there are some who have none.
And let it be a reminder to us for all time:
that the reason for the season is giving,
 even if all you have is a dime.

TO MY FIRST 'COMMENTER'!! ... if that's even a word.

Hey y'all!! I'm in a super-duper, over-excited, happy, mood today! You know why? 'cause I just got my very first comment!! Yay!!!
I checked my email today and saw that I had a comment from someone named "Anonymous". I know this is strange but so many things have been happening in my life since I've started counting down and taking note of the occurences in my life and today more than ever, I would like to take count.
So today being the last day of the countdown, I would like to thank my very first 'commenter' (forgive my spelling if it's wrong).
I know 'Anonymous' is no one's name and it's just someone who didn't want his name to be published on my blog. But to 'Anonymous', whoever you are, I just want to say a big THANK YOU! You have no idea how much you've made my day. Thank you, and to all of you who have read or read my blog....THANK YOU!!

Taking count of everyday of your life helps you to appreciate the most important little things that happen...it helps you make the big things count!!

PROVERBS 101 (PART ONE)

So yesterday I stumbled on a couple of strange proverbs from different languages. The funny thing about these proverbs is that they share an extreme similarity with the culture and tradition of the people. But then why shouldn't they? That's why they're their proverbs right?
Well, here are a few of them. Some are funny but have a definite truth in them, others are just downright silly. But I won't decide that for you, you can make your own judgements for yourself.

1. “Take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves”. (German proverb)
2.  “One who finds a friend finds a treasure.” (Italian proverb)
3.  “May it be healthy for you” (Turkish proverb)
4. “A strong stomach makes a happy heart.” (Quechua proverb) And if you didn't know, Quechua is the most widely spoken Native American language in South America.
5.  “When the master’s not home, the chickens will get into the shrimp pot.” (Vietnamese proverb) 

What did I tell you? Funny, silly AND true. Anywho, part two of Proverbs 101 will be coming up soon. For now, have fun with this. See ya!!

THE SIMPLE PLEASURES

WOW!!!This is like the first time I'll be alone for a long time in this office. For all those young achievers eager to start work out there, life on the job isn't easy o! And I'm not even doing anything serious yet. The office can be sometimes boring and I could stare at a desk for hours and mope all day. And then sometimes, it can be so much fun, six hours isn't even enough. However, quite frankly though, the long, boring days are a lot frequent than the fun ones.

Today is one of those boring days but on the plus side I get to use the Internet! So now, I'm "browsing all the browseables"....lol. I'm checking up on my e-mails, twitter and facebook accounts, and even my blog! As you have probably noticed since you're reading my post right now. That is, If there is anyone reading these posts.

Anywho, here I am...reveling in the simple pleasures of being able to browse free of charge with no nerve racking timer counting down the minutes I have left. The Simple Pleasures of a life given to freedom with the right to browse the net freely. A luxury which would be given to most citizens of this depraved third world. Oh! Sorry, forgive my saying. Nigeria is not a third world, it's a developing country with attributes that merely resemble a third world country.

But I'm not complaining or insulting or making fun of my beloved country. I simply have to do the most tackiest thing and state the obvious fact. The fact that in this country, the simplest, most basic necessities of life which should be free are rather given sparingly. It's just an observation, a sad one at that.