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Re: Nairaland E- Workshop For Writers--Last Day Of 6(OCt5) by Nobody: 4:40pm On Sep 30, 2014
LarrySun: And how is that my prayer?
Questionaire...
Re: Nairaland E- Workshop For Writers--Last Day Of 6(OCt5) by AudreyTimms(f): 4:42pm On Sep 30, 2014
LarrySun: Lol! I'll jump out only when I'm angry. Today, I'm as happy as a lark.
It's obvious

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Re: Nairaland E- Workshop For Writers--Last Day Of 6(OCt5) by LarrySun(m): 4:43pm On Sep 30, 2014
Divepen:
Questionaire...
Is any post still coming up today?
Re: Nairaland E- Workshop For Writers--Last Day Of 6(OCt5) by repogirl(f): 4:45pm On Sep 30, 2014
Good one Audreytimms, taken notes!
Re: Nairaland E- Workshop For Writers--Last Day Of 6(OCt5) by Nobody: 4:45pm On Sep 30, 2014
LarrySun: Is any post still coming up today?
We are waiting For Princesa who mait post late..
Prettyspicey should be here in six minutes
Re: Nairaland E- Workshop For Writers--Last Day Of 6(OCt5) by Nobody: 4:48pm On Sep 30, 2014
Repogirl, White mosquito and all NLsuper writer (Whatsapp) I miss you all...alot...
Re: Nairaland E- Workshop For Writers--Last Day Of 6(OCt5) by Olusharp(m): 4:49pm On Sep 30, 2014
Thanks to divepen for the
opportunity to post this here.
<<< The Relics Of War. (A Fiction)
>>>
Boom! Boom!! The explosion
from the various destructive metals rented the air, the
vibration that followed
showed they were from mass
destruction weapons. I ran
blindly into a building on my
left to dodge the rain of bullets and missiles travelling
in the air. From my hiding
place, i peeped to assess
what was going on. As my head
came into view a bullet pass
over my head i quickly duck thanking my star. I sat
on the floor looking miserable
while the explosions went on, "is
this the end?" i asked
myself. For years in Sun Bull
republic we have been singing the war chant without
thinking of the effect it
would bring to our land, here is
the war which has
escalated beyond our
control. I remembered the night when the Swami ethnic
came to our part of the
country lauching an unwarrant
attack on my
people, they burnt our
houses to the ground, killing our finest and strongest men.
That night we couldn't sleep
as we watch them go. "war, war
is what they want and
we shall give them in full
force." our regional governor said in anger, everyone
echoed with one voice.
Immediately we all set to work,
opening our
arsenal,strategising our
movement. I stood aloof wondering if this was
necessary, could not there
be another means to solve
this,when i told my people of
Toshi descendants my view
they all shut me down and almost
label me a black
leg.There was nothing i could say
they had already made
up their mind. The plan of
lauching a counter attack was
being prepared by our
war lords. I ran home to my
last treasure on earth "my
missus", after the demise of
my parent, she was the last treasure i had. I ran home
hoping like a frog along the way.
"Lupin, park your loads,
the people have summoned
the god of war and have
refuse to listen to the words of the god of peace." i
shouted as i got to the
entrance of
my house. She
came out with her buldging
tommy in which lives my seed, her face wore a sad look,
"Lupin i said pack your load i
don't want to lose you too,
go,go far away from here." i
said facing elsewhere. "Tev---
es, you are coming too, don't tell me you aren't, let us go
together, what will my earth be
without your sun to brighten
it?" she asked as
tears flow freely from her
eyes.I could not help it, i face her not knowing what to do,i
reach for her, "you have to
go,
go for me and our baby" i
pleaded. "What sort of thing
is this?" i thought, "the war is
already
having it effect on me, a
divided
family is in the making",i
thought. "Teves i want to stay with you"
she said
laying her head on my
chest. I pleaded with her till
she agreed, i planned to
transport her out of town by mid night. I went back to the
town square where the
preparation went on. This
time the town square was full
to the brim and every of our
powerful arms and ammunition had been brought
out. I stood with my back to
a
palm tree, this was how i
lost my parent 20years ago,
this senseless war, i remember the day the
attackers came raiding our
house, My Mother Polata was
killed first while My Father
Tchadi son of the greatest
hunter of Toshi descendant fought to the end killing two
of
the attackers then he
breathe his last breath and
death wrapped him up. I
remembered the smirk and happiness on the face of one
of the fighters, as he led the
others away.That day was
the most brutal day of my
life,
and what did we gain from the war, it was waste
of lives upon lives. "Teves
what are you doing there?" i
was back to reality, i turn to
look a the speaker it was our
General Commander, "Nothing sir" i said keeping a straight
face. "why are you crying?"
he pressed further."tears,
no sir" i didn't even know i
was crying, then he came
closer laughing "don't tell me you are afraid of the war" he
said. His words hit me and i
let it out like water, "Me
afraid? No sir i am not, but
don't you see this war is
baseless,people are just going to
die." this time he
wasn't smiling "baseless on
what fact, that they
attacked us first, that we are
fighting to keep our territorial integrity? Do you
call
that baseless, that these
same people killed your
parents eh? I heard you had
other ideas but we are fighting to protect
ourselves.No retreat no
surrender." he thundered "go
and join the others" he
ordered. I saluted and walked
away. The Toshi ethnic group was a communist state so we
do all things together, thus in
times like this everyman
automatically becomes a
militia. I marched towards the
others who were busy working out plans upon plans,
I sat down, "somewhere in
Swami
a plan similar to this is
being carried out." i thought. "if
this how we are going to save our territory, i better
give a helping hand atleast
for my parent and pray
there
are little casualties on our side."
i said to myself, I soon join the others in the
preparation. By Night fall, Our
Regional governor came to
address us, " My great
people of Toshi, it is time to
fight, the spies we sent out
gathered that the Swami
people are also ready,so at
dawn tommorrow,we lauch
our first land attack." he said. All
the men hailed in one voice. After the meeting we all
went back home, I got home
lupin was ready with her bag
by her side "lupin stop crying,
do this for us, when you get
to a safe haven do contact me," i said as i cuddled her
for the last time, kissing the
tears on her cheek away. I
helped
her up and we began the
journey through the night, atlast we got to the border
of our state then i watched
her
go in the darkness, it was
truly a painful sight, "silly war" i
screamed. I walked back home feeling Unclad, a
part
of me was gone.The dawn of
the day followed
with us launching our first land
attack. The General war lord dished out strategies
post to everyone as though
it were food, i clung to my
gun
battle ready and eraze the
thought of my missus off my mind for the time being. I had
to stay alive for her and my
unborn child,while everyone
of us took
strategic positions assigned to
us. We crawled through the bush path, atlast we got
to "No man's land" where the
Swamis were waiting battle
ready, soon the shooting
began, all sort of bombs were
used, bodies flew about due to the explosions. The Swamis
were losing ground,we took
advantage of this and we
striked even stronger, soon
they retreated but we didn't
follow as it maybe a trap. We settle down to declare our
next plan.
The next day, the battle
continued as the Swamis
came back in full force. The
shelling continued, dead bodies on
the
ground, blood mixed with the
soil, the sun was hotter than
usual, the rain refused to fall,
man killed man,weapon faced weapon, it was such a waste
of
time. War! War! I retreated to
the building in which i sit now
waiting for the bombing to go
low.Atlast it all came to an halt
and i sneak out wiping my
bloody
face, the air had been
polluted with the smell of blood. I
and few
of those who were alive went
back home with sadness all
over our faces. Few days ago
we were drumming and dancing
to the tunes of war, it came and
left us
with nothing but anguish and
pain, it is an everlasting scar.
In my house i sit on chair, placing
my hands on my chin,looking like
a deranged man, hoping and
praying my last treasures
are
still alive. She came through the
door, my
heart lept with joy when i
saw
her,but something was wrong
i couldn't stand, i felt i was
totally lame, i sat on my seat looking
at
her, the smiles on my face
forming, then i noticed her
once bulging stomach was now
back to normal, it was then i look
up
to her left hand, my eyes
travelling faster than light, i saw
the shiny white shawl of a
baby in her hand. "Teves, you made it
back alive" she said with
gladness. "yes i did, and is,
is ........" i said stammering for i
was short of words. "your
child! It is a he" she replied
completing the sentence for, I
was happy and didn't even know
what
to
do,may be to scream, i just sat
there calmly but merriment
was dancing around me,playing it
fine
tune. Lupin smiled back then
the smile changed to the opposite "sadness". "we have
to go." she
said with her voice trembling.
"go
where?" i asked confused.
"we have to go back, we do not belong here,not any
more."she said now crying,
strangely the
baby also started crying.
"lupin! What do you mean, you
know you are more than welcome
here, what is happening?" i
asked as i was also losing
voice."that night you left me
was the night your child was
to come into the world, there was no
one to aid me, i couldn't do it
alone, my spirit ran out of my
body, i gave up." lupin said
crying. My legs suddenly gain
back their strenght i stood from the chair i sat to move
closer,
the nearer i went the higher
the pitch of her voice and
that of the baby. Atlast i was
within her reach, i was about to grab
her when she said "Teves, i
am sorry,good bye." then
they disappeared. My hands
grabbed
nothing, i screamed then i was
back on my wooden chair
where i had sat, i was holding a
cup, it
was a dream or a trance. "
what a dream, lupid is dead!" my
brain interpreted it to me,
tears were
dripping down my eyes the
way
rain falls from the sky, "my last treasures have been
cast into the sea, how do i find
it?" i
asked myself as tears flowed.
"I raise my hands,
you raised yours too, we fought and fought, our
fist clenched, we grasped for air,
what do we gain? Nothing.
My sword is adorned
with blood of thousands
just because of a worthless point, we went to war. What is
the remains of it all,
nothing to live on,
nothing to live for." To my
dear Lupin and my
child goodbye but not for long as i
would soon join you, where
we
shall never be separated, not
even death would. I love you.
The End.

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Re: Nairaland E- Workshop For Writers--Last Day Of 6(OCt5) by Nobody: 4:52pm On Sep 30, 2014
LarrySun: We don't entertain flatulence here, sir. grin grin
*sprays perfume*
All iz well now cheesy
Re: Nairaland E- Workshop For Writers--Last Day Of 6(OCt5) by LarrySun(m): 4:54pm On Sep 30, 2014
shocked Haa! Olusharp! Must you torture us with this long poem? Even 'Paradise Lost' and 'Upon an Honest Man's Fortune' combined are not half as much!

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Re: Nairaland E- Workshop For Writers--Last Day Of 6(OCt5) by LarrySun(m): 4:55pm On Sep 30, 2014
SmellMyFart: *sprays perfume*
All iz well now cheesy
It should, but your signature...
Re: Nairaland E- Workshop For Writers--Last Day Of 6(OCt5) by AudreyTimms(f): 4:56pm On Sep 30, 2014
LarrySun: shocked

Actually, I've forgotten the question. I'll remember after I've posted mine.
Imagine! I'll be your grim reaper when your time comes. grin
Re: Nairaland E- Workshop For Writers--Last Day Of 6(OCt5) by Nobody: 4:56pm On Sep 30, 2014
LarrySun: shocked Haa! Olusharp! Must you torture us with this long poem? Even 'Paradise Lost' and 'Upon an Honest Man's Fortune' combined are not half as much!
lol....
Re: Nairaland E- Workshop For Writers--Last Day Of 6(OCt5) by Olusharp(m): 4:57pm On Sep 30, 2014
LarrySun: shocked Haa! Olusharp! Must you torture us with this long poem. Even 'Paradise Lost' and 'Upon an Honest Man's Fortune' combined are not half as much!
oga i didn't know it was that long o.
Re: Nairaland E- Workshop For Writers--Last Day Of 6(OCt5) by LarrySun(m): 4:58pm On Sep 30, 2014
AudreyTimms:
Imagine! I'll be your grim reaper when your time comes. grin
shocked Grim Reaper? shocked

Divepen, I think my network will be bad tomorrow!
Re: Nairaland E- Workshop For Writers--Last Day Of 6(OCt5) by texanomaly(f): 4:58pm On Sep 30, 2014
SmellMyFart: So what's going on here?

Chaos theory in practice!
Re: Nairaland E- Workshop For Writers--Last Day Of 6(OCt5) by AudreyTimms(f): 5:01pm On Sep 30, 2014
repogirl: Good one Audreytimms, taken notes!
Yipee! grin Thanks dear
Re: Nairaland E- Workshop For Writers--Last Day Of 6(OCt5) by LarrySun(m): 5:01pm On Sep 30, 2014
texanomaly:

Chaos theory in practice!
Chaos theory? Kindly explain, ma'am.
Re: Nairaland E- Workshop For Writers--Last Day Of 6(OCt5) by Nobody: 5:01pm On Sep 30, 2014
LarrySun: shocked Grim Reaper? shocked

Divepen, I think my network will be bad tomorrow!
Lol...
Prettyspicey would be with us now..
I expected her to first me but I did ,anyway.
Re: Nairaland E- Workshop For Writers--Last Day Of 6(OCt5) by Nobody: 5:02pm On Sep 30, 2014
LarrySun: It should, but your signature...
lol. It's nothing grin
Re: Nairaland E- Workshop For Writers--Last Day Of 6(OCt5) by Nobody: 5:04pm On Sep 30, 2014
texanomaly:

Chaos theory in practice!
this really got me nonplussed. Care to explain ma'am?
Re: Nairaland E- Workshop For Writers--Last Day Of 6(OCt5) by texanomaly(f): 5:09pm On Sep 30, 2014
LarrySun: So, no one is lecturing anymore?

Everyone is jumping ship so they have more time to prepare for the new format. Whereas I had to chop mine to pieces so it fit with what's left of the format today. It doen't even resemble my original offering.

"Mutiny is afoot!" I say...mutiny!
Re: Nairaland E- Workshop For Writers--Last Day Of 6(OCt5) by PrettySpicey(f): 5:10pm On Sep 30, 2014
I would like to apologise for being somewhat late. Pardon me, Divepen and my fellow writers.

I would now begin the typing of lecture... err... I suppose that's what I should call it
Re: Nairaland E- Workshop For Writers--Last Day Of 6(OCt5) by texanomaly(f): 5:11pm On Sep 30, 2014
SmellMyFart: this really got me nonplussed. Care to explain ma'am?

If I have to explain, the joke is lost.
Re: Nairaland E- Workshop For Writers--Last Day Of 6(OCt5) by LarrySun(m): 5:12pm On Sep 30, 2014
PrettySpicey: I would like to apologise for being somewhat late. Pardon me, Divepen and my fellow writers.

I would now begin the typing of lecture... err... I suppose that's what I should call it
Begin typing? shocked You gotta be kidding me!!!
Re: Nairaland E- Workshop For Writers--Last Day Of 6(OCt5) by LarrySun(m): 5:14pm On Sep 30, 2014
texanomaly:

Everyone is jumping ship so they have more time to prepare for the new format. Whereas I had to chop mine to pieces so it fit with what's left of the format today. It doen't even resemble my original offering.

"Mutiny is afoot!" I say...mutiny!
Awww! And I was here castigating you. sad I'm so sad. Can I get a hug? grin
Re: Nairaland E- Workshop For Writers--Last Day Of 6(OCt5) by Nobody: 5:16pm On Sep 30, 2014
texanomaly:
Everyone is jumping ship so they have more time to prepare for the new format. Whereas I had to chop mine to pieces so it fit with what's left of the format today. It doen't even resemble my original offering.
"Mutiny is afoot!" I say...mutiny!
Awwwwww...
My Bad...
Sowie...Ehya...
Re: Nairaland E- Workshop For Writers--Last Day Of 6(OCt5) by Nobody: 5:17pm On Sep 30, 2014
texanomaly:

If I have to explain, the joke is lost.
I guess you were actually referring to my handle smiley.
Re: Nairaland E- Workshop For Writers--Last Day Of 6(OCt5) by AudreyTimms(f): 5:19pm On Sep 30, 2014
LarrySun: shocked Grim Reaper? shocked

Divepen, I think my network will be bad tomorrow!
cheesy
Re: Nairaland E- Workshop For Writers--Last Day Of 6(OCt5) by texanomaly(f): 5:20pm On Sep 30, 2014
SmellMyFart: I guess you were actually referring to my handle smiley.

I was referring to the thread. It's picking up now I guess.
Re: Nairaland E- Workshop For Writers--Last Day Of 6(OCt5) by PrettySpicey(f): 5:21pm On Sep 30, 2014
I would like to apologise for being somewhat late. Pardon me, Divepen and my fellow writers.

I would now begin the typing of lecture... err... I suppose that's what I should call it

I also crave your indulgence as my network provider is very slow

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Re: Nairaland E- Workshop For Writers--Last Day Of 6(OCt5) by Nobody: 5:23pm On Sep 30, 2014
PrettySpicey: I would like to apologise for being somewhat late. Pardon me, Divepen and my fellow writers.

I would now begin the typing of lecture... err... I suppose that's what I should call it

I also crave your indulgence as my network provider is very slow
Okay ma
Re: Nairaland E- Workshop For Writers--Last Day Of 6(OCt5) by texanomaly(f): 5:34pm On Sep 30, 2014
Divepen:
Awwwwww...
My Bad...
Sowie...Ehya...

Well, you know what they say about the best laid plans...

I hope things go smoothly from here. smiley

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