https://shorendipity.uk/tags/constant/ Recent content in Constant on Shorendipity | Ahmed Shodipo https://i.ibb.co/jkFQX0g/shorendipity-site-image.jpg https://i.ibb.co/jkFQX0g/shorendipity-site-image.jpg Hugo -- 0.152.2 en-us Tue, 27 Jun 2017 13:18:01 +0000 https://shorendipity.uk/life/2017-06-27-time-and-time-again/ Tue, 27 Jun 2017 13:18:01 +0000 https://shorendipity.uk/life/2017-06-27-time-and-time-again/ <p><img loading="lazy" src="https://shorendipity.uk/images/assets/time-and-again-aaron-burden-25844.jpeg" alt="" /> </p> <p>We used to journey down the stairs<br> To what looked like a garage<br> Found a little crevice in the cemented ground<br> And sowed two seeds of beans<br> The daily shower of love<br> And the helplessness that contorted our faces<br> the moment its green began to yellow<br> Triple our initial investment, it did give<br> Mother could not have been prouder</p> <p>Etched into my memory<br> Are the days of fetching water two blocks away<br> How horribly we tied our ‘osukas’<br> The struggle for hydro-equilibrium<br> And how we got home with half the amount<br> No matter how hard we tried</p>