Life ain’t no crystal stair

It has had tacks in it, and splinters, and boards torn up, and places with no carpet on the floor - bare.” Wouldn’t you say that through his careful choice of words, Hughes, the logophile, succeeded in helping the reader visualise how tough life had been for the mother?

Wouldn’t you agree that for many people throughout the world, including our compatriots, life is not all beer and skittles? Do you relate to the tacks that some of us had to contend with over the last few years? We have lost people we loved dearly, to accidents, murders, opportunistic diseases, terminal illnesses and the COVID-19 pandemic. While for now, we seem to be enjoying a respite from the pandemic, the truth is, the rest of the tacks continue to flood our life, mercilessly pinching us and our loved ones.