Ndiane Tiane Moira Munyati-Parris.
That is my name and it beautiful, my first name, which roughly translates to “is anybody there” has a beautiful and complicated story behind it which very few people are privileged enough to know. Its beauty is in its mystery. Beautiful dark skin like the deep eyes of an owl. Persistently proving my perfection to myself.
Some may say my spirit is like a monkey. Free and untamed. I see life as an adventure waiting to be enjoyed. My disorganised, free-spirited, unrestrained personality may come with some disadvantages but in a world with non-stop negative noises bombarding my ears I chose to focus on the positive parts of me.
Through all the beauties of life sometimes, come some unexpected troubles and yet they are still part of us. We cannot wish them away without wishing away a part of ourselves.
Gun-point.
Not a pleasant place to be.
Terrified.
The uncertainty of the situation. Your life is in somebody else’s hands. Yes, I was held at gun-point and often I remember the horrifying experience but never do I wish it away. At times I am left sleepless and fear-stricken. At night I pray for the man who saw no value in my life for I did not see evil in his eyes. I saw fear. I saw fear and desperation. Fear …show more content…
I am a student. I am a teacher. I lack knowledge and I have knowledge. I am ignorant too much of the world and but not oblivious to it. I am willing to understand and learn. Baa…. I am not prepared to follow the crowd and to be conned into listening to alternative facts. My goal is to know everything. Realistic? No, but why reach for the moon when you can soar to the stars. In my profession as an academic professor I know I will be setting myself on the right path to reach my goal. The environment is conducive to learning and I will be paid to teach. What more could I ask for. I am an owl. Wise and knowledge. I am an ant. A small but important part of this big wild
That is my name and it beautiful, my first name, which roughly translates to “is anybody there” has a beautiful and complicated story behind it which very few people are privileged enough to know. Its beauty is in its mystery. Beautiful dark skin like the deep eyes of an owl. Persistently proving my perfection to myself.
Some may say my spirit is like a monkey. Free and untamed. I see life as an adventure waiting to be enjoyed. My disorganised, free-spirited, unrestrained personality may come with some disadvantages but in a world with non-stop negative noises bombarding my ears I chose to focus on the positive parts of me.
Through all the beauties of life sometimes, come some unexpected troubles and yet they are still part of us. We cannot wish them away without wishing away a part of ourselves.
Gun-point.
Not a pleasant place to be.
Terrified.
The uncertainty of the situation. Your life is in somebody else’s hands. Yes, I was held at gun-point and often I remember the horrifying experience but never do I wish it away. At times I am left sleepless and fear-stricken. At night I pray for the man who saw no value in my life for I did not see evil in his eyes. I saw fear. I saw fear and desperation. Fear …show more content…
I am a student. I am a teacher. I lack knowledge and I have knowledge. I am ignorant too much of the world and but not oblivious to it. I am willing to understand and learn. Baa…. I am not prepared to follow the crowd and to be conned into listening to alternative facts. My goal is to know everything. Realistic? No, but why reach for the moon when you can soar to the stars. In my profession as an academic professor I know I will be setting myself on the right path to reach my goal. The environment is conducive to learning and I will be paid to teach. What more could I ask for. I am an owl. Wise and knowledge. I am an ant. A small but important part of this big wild