Her tears fell. Softly at first, then profusely, like incessant rain. She wiped the edges of her eyes with her wrapper, sniffling all the while. The woman looked at her " I ka n'ebe akwa?" she asked. "I cho ka o fu gi o ge i di sikwa ka....." she spoke the words like she had phlegm lodging in her throat, then trailed off suddenly, looking into the sky, she clutched her red wrapper firmly to her bosom. She looked at the woman again and said in perfect English " He is not immune to tears" " Save them for when they are needed, they hold power". " He made me sad" she responded. The woman shrugged, then tightened the knot of her wrapper." E me si go m" handing her the brewed concoction she turned her back to the sobbing woman and left.
15 comments:
HUNH?????????????
Begining of a story???
@ d scribe..yez yez..i know.
@ afrobabe.. i think..thanks for stopping by.
its yelz, yelz not yez yez... hisss
are u correcting the master??? imagine liver!!..if i say yez it is YEZ!!!! lol!!
kai..u sure do know how to write...I just read your "and she was Ethiopian " post too...beautiful!!!
thanks for stopping by jaycee, and commenting on my poem (thoroughly blushing), i was beginning to think my blog was moribund..
its taking me sometime to comprehend what i just read so... I give up. You write well though, i must say
lmao! @ ur comment supergirl! do u speak Igbo? if u don't, u probably won't understand plus the story is either random bits of my imagination put 2geda or the start of smth.lol! thanks bbz.
For some reason...Am feeling this style of writing....
Update!
i shall with speed, just'cos u commanded it prettie-tee, thanks for stopping by bbz, btw..liking those dresses a lot!
i love your choice of words.. so put together. Even though i dont understand Igbo, i think i know where the story is going.
BWT..
U called me a Psychologist pn Scribe's comment page. Yes i am one.. Under g Psychologist!
lol @ allied.....Mr/ Miss(which is it?)under g.thanks for stopping by.
Abeg... go and write a book..!
lol @ mz dee, i think i'm workn on one.lmao!
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