On Happenstance, Happening, and Reoccurrence
𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙖 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙪𝙢𝙖
That takes full advaantage of our malleability...
Poking, prodding, kneading, and nudging
The very substance of our being,
Until we feel we are at breaking point;
But ultimately half redeeming itself in an unexpected
Teaching-cum-learning of invaluable life lessons.
𝙎𝙖𝙙𝙡𝙮, 𝙉𝙞𝙜𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙖𝙣𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙚 also 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘳 with a peculiar shock to the system
One which mimics a scalpel’s precision in cutting to the bone
Stripping layers of skin and flesh so expertly a startled surgeon might unwittingly take notes...
Perhaps even reluctantly applaud the dastardly piercing of a knife
Undoubtedly hell-bent on destruction.
𝙈𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝙪𝙨 have experienced both.
And even though today’s
Motivational
Influential
"Temple-of-Me" communicators
Gladly embrace such ordeals...
Waxing lyrical about the eventual benefits of the former,
Then shooting barbed warnings whilst shamelessly relaying self-help titbits to soothe and calm like the rat that gnaws at your unwashed finger tips only to numb the pain with its own bespoke anaesthetic when glossing over the latter...
𝙄'𝙢 𝙡𝙤𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙤 dwell on either.
Hesitantly point out the major difficulties?
Yes.
Reminisce?
No.
Nor wish my loved ones (or even enemies)
Pummelled and oppressed in such a manner.
𝙄𝙣 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙩𝙝, 𝙬𝙚 regress each time we utter the part pensive, part joking
“Nigeria happens”.
It doesn’t.
We just happily shrug the sheer futility of it all off permanently bowed shoulders.
Common stance has replaced common sense in our offhand analogy of the darkly diminished existence of a county’s lifeblood:
We the people - it’s raison d'être...
After all, no us, no it.
𝙏𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙧𝙪𝙡𝙚 with such disdain
And total disregard for life -
Be it
1 or 276
49 or 3
15 or 1
At checkpoints and toll gates, schools or motor parks, highways or bedrooms
Wasting lives they have not formed -
Could not in their wildest drunken dreams create -
Might want to pause, readjust bespoke blinkers, and carefully take stock of their
Miscalculations
Misnomers
Misdeeds
In fact, generally MIS-everything.
𝘽𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙨 a time when subjugated subjects - willing or otherwise - having constantly and consistently suffered these indignities
Begin to listen with more than eager ears and half a brain.
They’ll think twice about who they platform, vote for, and follow.
Instead - however reluctantly - share the blame for any 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘢g𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵
Thus ensuring such atrocities do not easily recur
And are especially never again glossed over.
𝙃𝙚𝙧𝙚’𝙨 𝙝𝙤𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙜.
𝙃𝙚𝙧𝙚’𝙨 𝙥𝙧𝙖𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜.
𝘽𝙪𝙩 𝙢𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙖𝙡𝙡,
𝙃𝙚𝙧𝙚’𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡.