SHADOWS(draft)

I lived life in a shadow
Making love in a meadow
Soon I’d become a widow
If I didn’t make time for the mellow

Reached for the stars and caught the scars
Blend with the glow I lost in the flow
When in the snow I’m meeker and slow
Throw in the blow it’s summer and cold

A pitcher of wine the weaker my dimes
A wicker is lit the titer is blue
Don’t slumber don’t shimmer or,
The ticker is set and you’re tethering and still

So I picked a mumble and begin to fumble
It’s time I tricked the trouble and begin to fondle
There is no reason that I cannot handle
seasons and treason sessions and missions


Ub

football bling

often times we say that we are proud of our respective countries but it takes perhaps an event to really quantify the magnitude of that pride. International football is a good contender...yet still, winning a FIFA world cup any level at puts you in a state of frenzic high.

It is amazing, the adrenaline rush that football stages. Quite unlike watching the major leagues of today play, it is, if not more, exciting to watch your country play football - good one that is - and win with impeccable results.

Being in a foreign land almost denied me of that opportunity to watch the boys from motherland display their 'ballin' skills. The satelite service here does not cater for that kind of international meet hence, the need to rely on reported news to follow the stages of the tournament was inevitable. This changed in the semifinals of the tournament as the game was aired live! bless them souls.

Watching Nigerians play football can be really exciting and numbing. It is almost a norm that heads are held in the hands throughout the games. Quite remarkably, Nigeria scaled every huddle with an impeccable record to claim the 2007 - U17 FIFA world cup championship.

The finals was a rough one with no goal from both sides for 120mins of playtime....that is enough time for a seizure to commence and end. Too pertrified to watch the spot kicks which Nigerians are almost perennial flunkers, I was elated to be able to take a phone call at the instance. This kindda soothed my nerves until I heard shouts of joy...dammit I made shouts of joy. Pity poor Ininghe who was on the receving end of the phone! Not pleasant at any instance to hear grown Nigerians scream.

They saved me from impending depression.....It was just not three(3) nill in favour of the Nigerians, the Spaniards were unable to see the back of the net for the whole durations....matter of factly, two of the spot kicks was saved by the Nigerian goalie and the game was sealed in victory in history. The records will forever have it that Nigeria in the 2007 FIFA world cup tournament won at every single game they played, produced the highest scoring player, produced the second best player, took home the gold trophy and will host the next games...

Those kids maybe deserved a win afterall, the much needed liberation that this feat will bring to the, 'I quote country, their family, beer buddies, me, etc' could not be overemphasied. Besides, their perfect record of winning all games in the tournament should not be tainted

....I kindda ran out of encomiums or rather, I thought I was almost becoming corny...This, are, one of the times that I wanna wear a white T-shirt for the whole week with these words printed in green on the fore "Nigeria till I die".....hope things remain this high......we sure always make the news but, it is not always that we are tagged for other reasons than oil, corruption and scams...thank god for football