U.S. Child:Hello? Hola?Is this Cuba? I’m calling from the Land of the Free.Can you hear me? Cuban Child:Sí, I hear you. From the Land of the Blockade,Where the sky is still blue, but our roads—they crackAnd some medicines—we lack.What do you need? U.S. Child:Oh, nothing much. Just curious—We heard you’re surviving…(Shuffles feet awkwardly)Despite, you know, what my country’s been…
Erased? Ha! Is that what you think? That you can erase us, make us small, Shrink us into nothingness with your laws, your silence? Oh, you’ve tried, haven’t you? Oh, how you’ve tried! But we, we will not disappear like shadows at dusk. No, we are here, and we are vast, as vast as the sky itself.You think you can conquer love? Oh, my dear,…
“And what is your crime?” the judge, he said, “To whom did you cause harm or dread? For I see no blood, no theft, no pain, Yet you stand accused all the same.Is it love that brought you here today? And if it is, then what can I say? For love, in all its varied forms, Should never be the cause of storms.But still, the…
On the streets of Kampala, where life moves fast, Two women walk, their hands close but never touching. They keep their love behind shuttered windows, Where prying eyes and laws can’t reach.The city breathes around them, But it breathes differently for them. Where others walk freely, they step cautiously, For love in the open is a dangerous thing.A glance, a brush of fingers, Could be enough…
In rainbow’s embrace, Every hue finds its own home, Love knows no borders.Yet, you draw the lines— Erase the colors you fear, But they shine brighter.You cannot smother The spectrum that love creates, For it blooms beyond.
Born not of sin, but soft in nature’s womb, A heart that swells, like lilies in the spring, Why must you chain with words and laws of doom, What blooms as freely as the birds that sing?The heavens painted hues that shine so bright, Yet you deny these colors in your sight, For love that does not fit your rigid frame, You cast it out…
What happens when you challenge the establishment?…
The Great Delusion invites you into a…
—for Professor Alofoje Unuigboje— by Majekodunmi Oseriemen…
By Majekodunmi Oseriemen Ebhohon They say the…
