Welcome to Hostzine!

For the ones who have been strong Daring to survive the heat of life For the ones who keep pushing Despite the bumps on the road For the ones who sweat non-stop                To make a living out of life For the ones whose heart bleed From the pines of sorrow and love For the ones clinging to the future Even with a mirage of hope                 For the ones hanging in there Undeterred by the urge to quit                                                         For the unhealed wounds For the taken breath For the sapped energy For the unfound happiness For the turbulent peace For the never-ending end For the unenjoyable  suffering For the unkept promises  For the unknown truth For the ones who lost all Now is our chance to emerge Not to recover everything But to win everything Including the best!

Written by Lillian Ugwu  I f   o n l y   s h e   h a d   k n o w n W h a t   t o d a y   w o u l d   h o l d L i k e   a   d u s t   i t   a l l   w i p e d H a r d l y  c a n   s h e   r e c o l l e c t   a n y m o r e C o u l d   i t   b e   t h a t   s h e   i s   e m p t y ? H e r   w o r l d   n o w   i n   i s o l a t i o n C o n f u s i o n ,   h e r s   t o   f e e d   o n E n d l e s s   a c h i n g   u n c o n s o l e d C a u s i n g   h e r   t o   u n r a v e l ,   f a l l i n g   t o   h e r   k n e e s P a n t i n g   h e a v i l y I n t i m i d a t e d   b y   f e a r C r o s s r o a d s   u n r e a c h a b l e P o s s i b i l i t i e s   l i k e     b l u r   r e f l e c t i o n s T h o u g h   s h e   c h e r i s h e s   t h e   q u i c k   i n t e r v a l s O f   t h e   e v e r g r e e n   b l i s s f u l   m e m o r i e s   U n h a p p y   b u r d e n   s t i l l   d w e l l s   r o u g h D u s t   o f   y e s t e r d a y ,   a   s o r d i d   p a

Written by Chiamaka Peace Eneja I heard the birds chattering Telling the untold tale Even the walls’ ears could not comprehend The harmony they formed Passing through the heart That had bellied so much agony To heal and to restore I saw the stars matching in thousands Tinseling with glitters Gracefully radiating the sky The moon emerging in its fullness Coruscating, giving the night some ‘vibes’ Enough to hold on till dawn I saw the trees in the forest Standing still like death Then the wind came To hand them a little ‘shake’ Bending all branches to traverse And there, they found life again Then I saw HOPE Gibbering with the birds Glistering with the stars Swirling fiercely with the wind Positive like the optimist Because there’s still more to embrace There’s still a future gleaming There’s still a life worth living There’s still Hope.

Let’s Pray, Shall we? Written By Peace Eneja For a better world I pray A place Where I can be anything I want Where doomed critics exist no longer With jagged mouth like the beak of a parrot Whose aim is to tear you apart, with such tormenting rant Where I never have to lose a loved one Where I never have to compare and contrast Where truth is entirely true Where Lies and love never meet Where heartbreaks give way to let bliss be A society Where “bloody hells” happen less Where politics are never played Like the game of chess, Selfishly moving the pawns, the nights, the bishops Only to sing the elites’ benediction Where crisis are vanished, Away from the solemn peace cascading the land A home Where Mothers nurture their babies with care and not cries Where Fathers are Fathers for heaven’s sake! Where children become the future we hoped for Where family ties are strengthened by the moment Where stro