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Ready, ready, steady, love

“We love because it’s the only true adventure.” — Nikki Giovanni

D. Abboh
2 min readJan 21, 2019
Photo by Jon Tyson on Unsplash

Making your way in the world, is a wild trip around and around the sun. Nobody knows quite what they’re doing — until it’s done. Stepping out there on blind faith, raw courage — getting tripped up by the glory of love. There we go, falling over and over again into what seems — a crazy dream. Are we awake, or are we asleep?

Life is far too breathtaking — and as full as the moon. So, we adventure on, get busy unfolding what becomes of me and you.

Still trying to live our lives ‘off the wall’, there’s no home for us — hiding behind it. Safety is a myth anyway, so what are we frightened for?

Though we’re weary about our place in the world, we’re not Fela’s ‘zombies’.

On we go, sometimes split open with rage, chaos, grief, joy — we bleed and bleed water, blood, light and love creating rivers of life — flood after flood.

I’m the super shero of my love story and you of yours, with no need for a cape, I’m packing light along my way with just a head full of stars and a pocket full of grace.

“Make love great again.” — Stevie Wonder

This is no mission impossible, if we just accept what is possible. We are composed of more…

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D. Abboh
D. Abboh

Written by D. Abboh

Hey there - I'm D. Writer/Storyteller | Creative Non-Fiction | Poetry. I know a little Tai Chi - but my Kung Fu is weak. Email: dabboh76@outlook.com

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