Creative writing and Quotes

Something you may never have thought of . An original extract of written work by Delali Kwame .

The swarm of the lifeless

As we drove in the heat from one end of the country t

o another , we saw the most spectacular appearance in our lives , an army that could cover the earth’s land five times , that was approaching us .Locusts the size of humming birds flew across destroying anything and everything in their path . At first my family and i thought we were safe and could escape and out - drive these creatures but we found a long traffic jam . A dark cloud appeared in front of us and there came riders in black who spoke a language that no man on earth could have understood . These riders had no flesh or life in them and were wholly effectively covered in cloaks .The swarm began to attack the cars and feed on the flesh of those who were unmarked . I had first noticed this symbol on my chest in the shower , it seemed to be a plain colorless engraving that appeared from nowhere and seemed as if i had been visited in my sleep , doctors and specialists analyzed the engraving but could not conclude what it was but assumed that it was a disease of our time that needed research to determine the solution , but I argued with them and said if statistics and lab reports have failed to unveil any dangerous substances or organs being affected then I would rather live with it . The painless marking I guess is what saved me from those vile creatures in a 2km radius that flew across me but devoured others -----------.To be continued

The Quest

It was on a rainy day offshore , as the strong waves and tides drove us completely off our course to an unknown destination . Soaked and frustrated from trying to control the wind sails and steer the ship we all sought warmth in the lower deck of the ship , we slept and lived in the lower deck for days , in fear of catching a disease form the cold or being a victim of the oceans deadly force , that would seek to appease it’s insatiable hunger for lives .

The noises of the wind and the thrashing sound of the deep blue ocean against the ships body was the only sound , that we heard for 3 days and three nights . On the third day , the situation became intense as all the food and resources began to run out , and as it’s a known fact and usual characteristic that humans in desperate need for a commodity or anything that they may deem as a need or want do not always behave or exhibit their usual behavioral contagion . Crewmen began to fight and lives were lost by drunken and delusional sailors . The time had reached to check and see what was on the outside and that’s what we did .

As we approached the top deck , with out feet shivering and our knees trembling with fear . , we could hear nothing but the sound of the old wooden staircases been thumped on by our boots . Sakia took the chance of being the first to open the floor lid and approach the top flight of stairs , as he got out he was frozen by shock and could not utter a word , then out of curiosity we all in a shaking state stepped up and out of the basement . To our surprise we found ourselves on an unfamiliar path , it looked as if we had reached the shore . The boat we were in____ ___to be continued

Gateways

As we walk out of one world we enter another , when I was hit by a bus I amazingly went into a state of limbo , I could tell that I was severely hurt and I was in a parabolic motion like an object in a vacuum waiting to touch down and momentarily come to rest . I felt helpless and broken , and felt as if when I finally reach the ground my eyes will shut and I will never open them again . I could not feel any of my limbs or joints and this journey was going on and on and I wondered when it will eventually come to an end .

My eyes shut like a baby who has been put to sleep , by the sweet sound and melodies of a classical lullaby , it were as if I was dreaming yet merely did I know that I was entering my second life unprepared and unknowingly . My dressing was quite familiar since I was wearing a white long sleeved shirt and a white trouser . At first glance I appeared to be somewhere in the clouds and I wondered where the path in which I was placed and was involuntarily taken to was going to end . Barefoot I was , and with tender feet and hands that were soft and unused .

I entered a door that seemed at a layman’s first glance to be sealed shut , the password was just one exhalation towards it and from there onwards my life had began . Each second , minute , hour and day from this point onwards was now a subtraction as in the mechanism of an hour- glass . Everything in this new place was extraordinary , to move all you needed to do was to think of the direction and the speed and altitude you desire to move at . I was an angel to _ _ _be continued

For protection of my work i cannot upload all my short stories , quotes and incomplete novels . The snapshots show how many i have so far , up to date , ideas come into my head usually in the morning and i have to keep a reminder on a piece of paper or picture , in order for me to write when i am free .

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