As We Walk Through Life

By Paterne Freeman Shadowriter

Worries, inner feelings, discoveries, observations, expectations and dreams as we walk through life, these are the core things depicted in this volume of poetry. It dives the reader into the universe of a passionate living who aims at recreating the world from his perspective. As we walk through life, there’s a lot to it for everyone to learn. Look around.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Paterne Freeman Shadowriter
• Release date: Apr 8, 2021
• ISBN: 9781005983536

Paterne Freeman Shadowriter

Né le 15 avril 1991 à Ouidah une ville historique De la république du Bénin, Paterne Freeman Shadowriter est titulaire d’un Master 1 et d’une Licence en Anglais option ‘’Etudes Américaines’’ et d’un Brevet d’Aptitude au Professorat de l’Enseignement Secondaire (BAPES) en anglais. Il enseigne la langue anglaise dans les établissements d’enseignement secondaires publics et privés du Bénin. Il est Coach et Traducteur indépendant ; un mordu de leadership et de développement personnel.Mais pour lui, rien n’a plus de prix que la littérature. Il a toujours eu du béguin pour l’écriture et depuis bien longtemps, il a décidé d’extérioriser son art en écrivant des poèmes chargés d’émotions sur des thèmes très variés et avec les mots les plus raffinés. C’est aussi un talentueux écrivain de romans dont l’imagination n’a de limite que l’infini. Polyglotte accompli, il écrit ses textes aussi bien en français qu’en anglais.Accroché au dos de sa plume, c’est aussi un bloggeur, un activiste et un bénévole dont l’engagement est indéfectible. Il est membre fondateur, cofondateur, responsable et membre actif de plusieurs organisations et associations à but non lucratif, dans lesquelles il met ses connaissances, ses expériences et sa sagesse au service des jeunes et du monde entier.Pour lui, l’écriture tout comme l’activisme ne rime qu’avec un seul but : Impacter le monde et le rendre meilleur. Un objectif qu’il exprime très bien dans sa devise de tous les jours : « We rise by lifting others ».Son nom de naissance ? Plutôt simpliste pour quelqu’un de son acabit : Paterne Hessou. Mais sous la casquette de Freeman Shadowriter, l’homme épris de liberté et d’intégrité, l’écrivain de l’ombre, c’est un tout autre homme que l’on découvre et redécouvre à chaque seconde à travers ses écrits.

Book preview

FOREWORD

A Letter to my Friend Angie from Another Land

I stand for Trees

At Dawn of Crisis

A drop of my tears

Is that worth?

You’re gone

My Demise

When death calls my name

To a second chance

Words from a dream

Skofa

My Redemption

Ayso

My sassy Girl

Give me love

Broken

A Drink Tonight

Confessions

Wherever

This able

I will return

Mourning

The storyteller

Live

The messenger

Before late

God I need to know

Listen, Africa

December

Before then

Determination

Dreams I used to have

Expectations

Hear my voice

His Fate

Imagination

Life

Mother of Art

Precious

Some days

To Sierra Leone

To the Naysayers

What if I don’t care?

When I turned twenty five

Who am I?

Fate

Acknowledgements

OTHER TITLES BY PATERNE FREEMAN SHADOWRITER ON SMASHWORDS

CONNECT WITH ME

A Letter to my Friend Angie from Another Land

Dear Angie,

I am writing you this letter to speak of the refusal to accept behaviors, beliefs or opinions that are different from one’s, I mean intolerance.

About two months ago, I witnessed a cruel scene of intolerance at a funeral and this led me right to this moment when I am writing you this letter. In fact, it was about a young man’s funeral. Actually, Malik was born to a Muslim family but as he grew up, he became a Christian. After an accident that cost him life, his Muslim parents decided to bury him according to the Muslim rites while his fellow Christians who knew him as a faithful Christian wanted to offer their brother the right funeral to their understanding, a real farewell funeral. One thing leading to another, a misunderstanding issue was raised. The Muslim folks thought the Christians were wasting their time and they wouldn’t allow them to say any farewell to their brother for the simple reason that the latter was a born Muslim man. The Muslim folks said they did not believe in Jesus Christ as god and added that it would be inappropriate to see them acting according to the rules of a religion they do not believe in. The situation eventually broke into a fight because they were unable to accept one another’s beliefs and perspectives. I spare you some details but two people got killed at Malik’s funeral. I was so upset by the situation and I asked my aunt to take me back