Our First Fight (#4 OFV Series)

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It was Valentine when we had our first fight.
As I think about it now, I don’t remember why we had a row
But I remember it was a bitter battle of bickering bereft of a breakthrough,
You battered me with your words, babbling like a brook over how I blew you bankrupt.
We played a vicious game of Monopoly,
I passed Go but you refused to pay up,
You would rather go to jail than spend more time with me on our board
And I was bored, and angry, and upset
So I said mean words I didn’t mean
And you meant the mean words you couldn’t say.
We spent days refusing to speak with each other,
Steaming like a pot of soup
I thought we were birds of a feather but we found ourselves in a pot of soup
Cooking slowly and definitely surely.
“Were we headed for our end?”, I asked myself
Unsure of our previously beautiful future,
And it all started with
Our First Fight.

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A storm in and not over paradise, I see. Catch the finale tomorrow! Love,

THE LAMBOLOGICAL SAPPHIRE

The Depths of Death

I still remember the first day I looked into your eyes.
As deep and bottomless as the Pacific Ocean.
I could dive into them and never fear of getting drowned even though completely submerged.
They would glitter and sparkle with every smile and laugh.

There would be days where they were calm ponds that never held a ripple.
Other days when a torrential storm raged but I would only prepare myself to set sail on an adventure and calm you into submission.
I can never forget the tranquility that gazing into your eyes brought me.

That’s why when that horrible moment arrived, I couldn’t bear it. 
That point in time where your ocean-deep eyes froze over forever.
Your eyelids stuck open to reveal the pain-ridden, terror-striken, agony-filled waters of your pupils.
I could only wail as you were carted off into the unknown depths of the earth.
Never to be seen again.

My own eyes became the sources of rapid waterfalls that ran down my cheeks to pool in the bosom of my shirt.
I don’t know how long I mourned for you.
Days turned to weeks, weeks felt like months and the years seemed to just slip by.
I tried to trick myself into believing that it wasn’t true.
How? How, How, How, HOW COULD IT BE??!
You couldn’t be gone…..
But alas, it was true.
My heart was not just broken.
It was fragmented, shattered, ripped into a million miniscule pieces that could never be pieced back together.
I was DEVASTATED.

Then one day, I stopped, dried my tears, got up and swore to myself that I would NEVER ever allow anything, anyone, any disease take someone from me.
I refused to let death and destruction plague me.
NO MORE!

I decided to use the heat of my burning passion to educate the masses. 
To wage a war against these calamities.
These preventable deaths.
We can keep calm.
We can pray.
We can advise.
We can prepare.
We can help others.
We can do something, anything, EVERYTHING!
We just cannot do NOTHING…
We can do our bit and slowly but surely, we can win.
The life of someone is in our hands.
What will we do?
Think about it.

#JoinTheCorps,FightThisWar

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Last year, I lost a childhood friend. And when I say childhood friend, I mean she was just 15 years old. I was heartbroken but I told myself that I would try to move on. For her. Then God placed on my heart to write on disease and death. Even though I wasn’t there when she finally died, I can imagine the scene. And trust me, it could NEVER be okay. I won’t place the blame on anyone, but other people die everyday from preventable deaths.

For instance, the current pandemic of Covid-19 that has brought the world to its knees.
You can save a life. And that life would most probably be that of a loved one.
Stay at home, observe social distancing regulations. 
Bored? Learn a new skill like cooking, dancing, a new language, how to code, etc. 
You see this as a challenge? Take it and make it into an opportunity!
Your life is worth more than all the money and riches in this world. Don’t waste it or take it for granted.
Be a Fighter!

This is dedicated all those who have lost loved ones.

#N4NK💙🕊️