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FEEL ME? By: Joshua Magode Charis Do you feel me? When on your Table I served, When in your ear I ask, Tea or Coffee? When my Kitchen products, Dedicated only to your mouth hold ups, Oh sweetheart, no… oh no, Lay no more hands, Else I go, Do you feel me? The heat from the Kitchen by merely passing, Heat I endure cooking, My nails like Gehazi, Every time I do your laundry. My body, Flogged mercilessly, Red eye, Red eye, Oh honey, no, oh no! Use words wisely, Else I go, From this lonely emptiness, A trap named togetherness, I am aggrieved, Wounded, ill… Sssshhh! Nothing, noon, I am blamed, Do you feel me?

GOD, THE FOUNDATION OF YOUR PURPOSE BY: DORATHY ATAGHER You were created for a purpose and you are on a mission for a purpose. God didn’t give up on you before you were born; God had a purpose for you, so put on your strength and brighten your life with the light of God. The best thing that can happen to you in life is having God by your side, for life in Christ gives you fresh air, it is the simplest because life filled with grace can create a burning desire for God because only with Him can find your purpose. You cannot be in a vehicle and remain stagnant; same applies to your life in Christ. When Christ is in you, you can never be stagnant because He takes you to higher grounds. When Christ is in you, your life begins to change, thereby attaining new heights. You become like a container sent into the world, packaged to get results and bring back testimonies. When you see people in certain levels and positions, you begin to envy them and wish you were like them. You also...

THANKSGIVING Many of us don’t know how to be thankful or what to be thankful for. Many times we pray to God to show us what to be thankful for but when you stop to think, you will discover that there are a lot of things we have to be thankful for. When you wake up, you find what to be thankful about, the first is, you can move, you can take your bath and you are ready to go to work. The second thing to be thankful about is that you have a good job that keeps you going. When you eat you should be thankful that you can afford food. You should be thankful that God has provided for your feeding. You should always be thankful for the good friends you have, for the comfortable house you own, for the water you use to bath, eat and use for other domestic purposes. Even after all the things possess, you still do not know how to be thankful to God, you still ask God to show you what to be thankful for? Even the air you breathe in is of the lord and you have to be thankful for it, for the...

WHAT LIFE OFFERS AS A STUDENT Education is an important aspect in shaping up and building the mindset of humans. Through every stage in life, I have come to realize that the university system is a different dimension in total. In 2014, I was a calo, much of a dream gone in an overgrown parcel of land downted by patched structures. Days have passed as times are changing and my ambiance is looking quite like a decorated penitentiary. In the year 2014, I started my university life in Bingham University, located in New Karu, Nasarawa State, Nigeria. Adjusting to a totally new life was a difficult task as every mode of operation is different compared to the primary or secondary school system. As at the time of gaining admission into the university, I always heard stories of how good the school was in terms of infrastructure and mode of operation. Life as a student in general has never been easy, due to the fact that you could always sense and feel things trying to pull you down or ra...

HEAVEN                                                                                                 HELL Heaven they say is the right path to walk after death, agreed. And Hell the wrong path to walk after death, also agreed. But I say heaven is not only seeing paradise after death, it is also the normal state of health of a person. When we are healthy, we have the strength to do all things, we have fun, and we basically do everything that is possible for us to do. Once we have the strength, most a times we also forget to pray or give thanks for our daily activities. We live and walk around the street like we own ourselves, we say things without being sorry for what we say, and we even forget to take responsibility for ou...

POEM TITLE: DARK SHADOWS  BY: SHEKWOWOYILO ENOCH                                                                                                                     As I walk to class every night To Jack and Jack my life out I'm faced with undefined traffic Of lots and lots of people Some sitting, some standing Some in open, some hiding Some chatting with one phone Some making unending calls As I walk to class every night I see dark shadows Many shadows in twos, in threes And even sometimes more Shadows of united beings Shadows of companions Shadows communing with each other Shadows of opposite sexes As I turn left and right I see so many cars Cars with one chance dr...

PRETENTIOUS FAKE LIFE Pretentious fake life obviously marked by an unwarranted claim to importance or distinction is the type of life so many people desire to live. Every day of my life, I usually think and ask myself, why do people have to pretend to be what they know they aren’t? The reason for this could not be far from the truth which could possibly be related to the “desire for self attention”. Psychology and mind emotions do play a part in the desire for self attention. According to knowledgeable understanding, man can do everything possible by all means to seek attention just to please people. In this world, one thing is always certain, if it is destined for you to make it big in life and be popular, you surely will. People only tend to make their life look perfect just because they want to impress and feel among especially on social media. Life goes beyond just being popular. Popular people with fame also passed through difficulty, so why shouldn’t you? Life in itself c...