Showing posts with label tragedy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tragedy. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

A time for war

" For everything there is a season, a time for every activity under heaven...A time for war and a time for peace." - King Solomon
Photography by Joseph Osei-Bonsu
 "No, you can't say that! That pig did deserve to die for his crime!", argued Maribel. Oliver sharply responded, "So what are you saying? That because this old man defiled an 8-year old girl, he has lost his right to a fair trial?". "I'm simply saying that he deserved the fate he got.", replied a nonchalant Maribel. "And by 'the fate he got', you mean murder?", Oliver questioned sternly.

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Forgetting to remember


 "I thought about the days i had handed over to a bottle..the nights i can't remember..the mornings i slept thru..all the time spent running from myself.”
Mitch Albom


I called her upon receiving the tragic news. It turns out I didn't even need to call at all: Fosua was fine and dandy. How could a teenage girl who had just lost her brother, her father and her home in one night, be so sober and so calm? Yes, both men died from different causes; however, the conundrum lied in the timings of their deaths - both at the eleventh hour.