Articles by Edisonwrites
STETHOSCOPES AND MIRACLES
It was 9PM, my call had just begun, The call room was silent. The stethoscope was swinging like a pendulum. Today is pediatrics. The room was dim. But then A light. A smile came […]
DEAR SON – Letter 12 – Face the Reality
Dear son, The rattles in your mind stirred my sleep, Those storms woke the silent night. Like troubled waters, I saw waves of ripples, A battlefield littered with broken faith. This letter […]
I SURRENDER, WE’RE ALL SINNERS
Don’t let me drift like a ghost in the wind, These nights are storms that howl my name. Madness once caged me Now it sets me free, […]
IT IS OVER, I QUIT
IT IS OVER, I QUIT. I quit wearing this mask, A mask of a shadow in a walking stance. I wake to wear life like an ill-fitted cloak. This pretense of survival is suffocating […]
DEAR GOD, DON’T GIVE UP ON ME
Dear God, Please don’t leave me on this tempestuous road. Don’t leave me in this storm and thunder. Every step I take is heavy with anguish; I have tilled the earth with my hands, […]
DEAR SON: LETTER 11 THE POWER OF FRUSTRATION
Dear son, It’s been a while since I sent the postal bird, its wings carrying my heart to your world. Life held my hands hostage, But the antennas of my ears stay tuned I […]
DEAR SON: LETTER-10-THE URGENCY OF TIME
Dear son, If you are 25, in 15 years, you will be 40, Same with 35 and 45, 50 and 60 is in a blink Imagine when this year started, Now it’s ending […]
FIRST LETTER TO DAD
Dear dad, It was last night I saw the postal bird, on my way to the garden, it is the garden where I air away pain. I’ve lost it, dad. I’ve lost it. […]