Few days, ago I announced quite astoundingly about how I was considering quitting writing and then, I got a lot of messages from loved ones, including my “fans” screaming “Tolu why?” and even at some point, “Rogba”, my friend called me, and before I could say “hello” he dashed right into my ear canal screaming, “Tolu don’t stop writing” for a fact although I had zero intentions of quitting writing I was both amazed and impressed about how much love people showed me, then it reminded me of one of my favourite fables, “The boy who cried wolf” actually I cried “wolf” although it was cruel of me, but as a matter of fact, I must share the reasons with you, it was an indeed intentional act to just figure out what life might be for me, if I quitted writing, something in which I love so dearly, and to be honest I can’t even begin to imagine myself not writing, it would be me, in “purgatory” as a reference to the allegory “Dante’s inferno”, literature is something that I’ve loved since I was a child, and then “why should I quit?” I constantly found myself asking, throughout the course of that very day, but then when we are most confused as about what steps to take in life, the universe hands us a map, and I took a glimpse at it once again and continued my sacred journey, one of the major important reason, I took up writing as a profession was because I felt the need to fill up the “Knowledge Gap” through literature and writing, I figured that by telling stories and writing poems, experimenting with new themes and genres I would be able to inform the next generation of Nigerians and Africans who are interested in reading, so I employ to bow your heads and say a prayer for me and yourself, and lets go on this journey together, I cant promise you laughter and butterflies all the time, but I can promise you tragedy in the most raw and realistic form, lets go step by step, exploring the depths of my mind and analysing each thoughts, I believe we can inspire the new age magicians who will turn the length and breadth of the African continent into “ELYSIUM” so this fable is going to be my first form of screaming into the void, I hope you scream back. And in all honesty, I would very much appreciate your feedback, which may act as an external form of catalyst to enhance this growth in which we both are undergoing, this is both a physical and a literal journey.
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Thank God, you didn't stop.
Tee. Don't stop until when u are honestly done giving us what u owe us. I Love you... Distro