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Joan Opoyi

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Sep, 2019

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The abandoned baby

Joan Opoyi

walking down the parking place,heading towards the supermarket.In a quiet environment where there was no much noise;distracted by a moving shadow. cold air was transporting through my veins from my head to the toes,chills as fear gripped my heart.... " Whose there? I supposed it was only my imagination,as i stepped inside the supermarket;which was quiet.i kept on wondering how today the supermarket had no many people;it might be because of the poor economy due to the pandemic of covid_ 19. The situation was worse off ,people couldn't step in...

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The dark reflection

Joan Opoyi

Submitted to Contest #51

Pounding all over my head was like a hammer that had just hit the nail,through the wood.The buzzing sound .....zzzzz! Not being myself in a moment,at a lonely corner I sat and relaxed; my mind had been driven far away to the deepest ocean. My past carried many memories, that couldn't be forgotten in a blue moon.loosing my dad; without a word of goodbye, death had to take him away far away in the land of milk and honey,in the land filled with stars. .... In heaven. ... I walked all days,years,months with guilt stuck through my throat;folding ...

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Haunted past

Joan Opoyi

No matter how hard my past kept on hitting me, side by side like a storm. My mind could'nt rest for a moment, that bright flash that kept on appearing in front of my eyes. My tour to the city of Alice in wonderland was the dream of my life, to make my mind busy and have that fresh air that I always needed for a long time. The air was so Freshing, walking through a fresh snow that was soft like a fur carpet and cold like the fridge. i felt that sense of happiness and relaxation, lying flat on the snow as I spread my hands like that bird that ...

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Lost shoe

Joan Opoyi

Awakened by a loud crying and wailing, not knowing why all the crying sound had filled the air. Confusion in our hearts, deeply filled with sorrow, overshadowed with deep emotions that no vacuum where joy could be filled. "Why did he have to go now? tears rolled over my cheeks, looking as the lifeless body of my brother lied down . The lost shoes that couldn't be replaced, no matter how hard we tried to forget the memories, but, it kept on haunting us like a thief in the night. Months and time will move so quickly, but still the vacuum had b...

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Christmas shoes

Joan Opoyi

Submitted to Contest #19

There is no too much time left, after Juliet was diagnised with cancer stage four. Each day, each moment her strength continued failing her. Looking as she lied down helplessly, surrounded by her family. Tears couldn't stop running down my cheeks, even though I tried to close my emotions inside my heart, they always found a way out of my heart. Hiding my face right at the corner of the room, being noticed by Juliet's sister as she held my shoulders trying to console me. Looking directly at her, "why Juliet my love, I wish I could be on her p...

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Something inside the pocket

Joan Opoyi

Life has always being cruel to Judy, no matter how she tried to make a better living out of small thing, it always fall apart. She didn't pull up the puzzle to realize what was wrong with her that money always disappear in different corners, is like the monster from underground, always rise up and swallows her savings. In a cold rainy month, the city of Nairobi and the city under the sun. No matter the heavy rains and floods all over, that didn't stop people from continuing with their own businesses. Life wasn't easy for Judy, inspite of th...

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A clown

Joan Opoyi

Submitted to Contest #17

Family dinner was bound to happen as everything was well set up on that day of Saturday. After a long time, not being able to set my eyes on my family, my joy couldn't be expressed. I felt like just jumping to the middle of the street and scream all my voice out.Harry was my only son, at that moment he wasn't in the house but had gone to play football all alone in a lonely field. He never noticed how fast time went, looking on his wrist watch that he had to hurry up to get home in time. Through the quiet cemetery, walking in fear with no on...

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Swallowing woods

Joan Opoyi

Submitted to Contest #16

The crash just happened and no one saw it coming. Trapped in the middle of no where in an evil island, we couldn't find a way out from the island. We had to stick together like one big team being careful not to loose one another. "don't go into the woods? but all the warning given didn't occur to us, for we can't stay in one position and not look for food to fill our stomach. I set off together with my friends Leah and Dorcas, the wood was so quite and scary. Neither did we realize we had entered into the wolves territory. Holding each other...

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Love at first sight

Joan Opoyi

Submitted to Contest #16

Annaline and her friends went backstage to meet the famous dancer. Their hearts were all filled with excitement, making themselves eagerly waiting for the dancer to come onto the backstage. "wow! am so super excited *calls were made everywhere and announced on the facebook, the opportunity to meet this famous dancer. The famous dancer made his way to the backstage, as they tried to reach to him but they were given a hard push by the bodyguards. Disappointments filled their hearts, and what they saw their dream of greeting the famous dancer ...

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Be careful what you wish for

Joan Opoyi

There is a saying that kept on saying, 'if wishes were horses beggars could ride. But some wishes could lead you into a world that you don't know about. The sun had brightened up, walking together with my mother heading towards the market. But that time, I was a little girl as I hold tight onto my mother's hand. We stopped before a well, and I didn't know why we had to stop there. Looking at my mother, dropping a coin into the well. "I wish my family could be united, "mother made a wish. I was an innocent girl who didn't know what all thi...

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Rain of money

Joan Opoyi

Submitted to Contest #16

The condition one is right now is not permanent, for everything has an expiring date. There was a certain man who used to live under the old bridge, with nothing to fill his stomach only the strong smell from the garbage. No friend near him except flies on his sore legs. This is the story of Mr Phillip. Mr Phillip was not born under the bridge, but, like others he had a family and attended school. His dream was shattered the moment they were travelling to upcountry together with his parents, when the vehicle rolled down the hill steep. Mr ...

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Climb the ladder

Joan Opoyi

walking down the highway I could always think that if that man can be able to be an engineer, I too can be one. Climbing the ladder needs so much confidence, believing that you can make it to the top of the ladder. Step by step as I climbed the ladder, missing a step and founding myself flat on the ground. Groaning in pain remaining with bruises due to the hard fall, but that did not stop me as I tried to climb the ladder over and over, until I made it on top. In this world, no one is an expert in everything you need to take that risk a...

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Rookie photographer

Joan Opoyi

Submitted to Contest #14

Taking a early trip to hells gate, a scenery in Kenya that caught our glimpse that we didn't want to get out of that place without a couple of shots and photographs. We had arranged this adventure together with my friends and the moment it arrived, we were to put all our happiness into it. A photographer was called to accompany us and the moment he arrived, there was something funny about him. The way he was acting led me to call my friend Jane *"Are you sure this photographer is experienced? I was assured that it was his line of duty for ...

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Broken vows

Joan Opoyi

"I never realized that the man whom we exchanged vows and said'i do' was a murderer, "said Melody. It has barely been one year since we got married, but things were not going right as expected. Melody jumped into a relationship not considering the circumstances that she was getting involved to. It was like jumping from frying pan into fire, and burning totally beyond recognition. The love, the caring that her husband had for her all thrown down into the deepest oceans which can never be retrieved. Melody was heavy loaded with the first child...

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My best friend

Joan Opoyi

Submitted to Contest #14

It all started when my parents were all the time unto each others neck, fighting and querelling. I would admit that by that time I was a little girl, but, seeing the fight between them always got into my head. Their fights led them to live separate lives, my eyes wrinkled in sadness because my family had broken into two. love I had for them brought me into confusion, "they should just cut me into two. Being the only girl said Miss Randy, I was always pampered that there was this thing of let the best man win. No matter my parents being...

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