
21/07/2025
: “The Stranger Who Returned My Voice in Enugu”**
Depression choke me that year. I no talk to anybody again. Just me, my phone, and dark thoughts.
I dey Enugu for my NYSC. One dry posting to secondary school wey no get staff room. My dreams dey die small small.
One Thursday, I waka go sit for hill behind the corpers’ lodge. Na my usual escape spot. I dey plan to go back home that weekend and maybe just give up on everything.
As I siddon, one old man join me. He look rough, but his eyes calm like river.
He no ask me anything. Just start sing softly.
“Your voice still dey. Na fear dey cover am.”
Tears rush my eye.
He pass me small flute and say, “Blow am. Just try.”
I blow small, sound come out. I laugh for first time in weeks.
He nod. “You no lost. You just pause.”
I blink. He don vanish. Like, I turn to ask him something—nothing. Nobody even see am pass gate.
I go back lodge that evening, dust my diary, and start planning again.
Two weeks later, I volunteer to host Inter-LG Cultural Day. People shock say I sabi talk like that.
Now I dey radio. I dey voice ads. And I dey counsel teens on mental health.
One stranger. One flute. One spark.
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**Moral of the story?**
You no dey broken—you just dey bend small. Sometimes, all you need na one person to remind you say your voice still get power.
No let silence swallow your purpose.
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**If this story remind you of who you be, just type “My voice still dey” in the comments and share with one person wey don go quiet for too long. 🎤**