Anticipation, the anticipation of a kiss is always the best part. I’ve read way too many romance novels and maybe I did have unrealistic expectations but I was so sure, so optimistic that with you there would be fireworks. So this pent up longing built and built and like a dam I thought I would … Continue reading The Kiss..
Grief is a weird thing. Last Sunday, I was on my way to my friend’s baby’s christening when my sister left a message in our family group chat asking if Kobe Bryant had truly died. My first instinct was nope! He’s not dead, it’s not on CNN or any major news outlet it’s just a … Continue reading Grief
I love you but all you do is make me cry and I don’t mean happy tears. I love you but you don’t see me. I love you but I think the butterflies you once gave me flew away. I love you but one more lie might break me. I love you but who are … Continue reading Loving You
Come home. Two words, that simple. It doesn’t matter how far you’ve strayed or how lost you are all you have to do is turn around and make your way back home. Life is a maze, and we all scurry around trying to find our way through. So It’s okay if you take a few … Continue reading Come Home..
It had been a long week. Every bone in my body ached from exhaustion. As I adjusted the strap of my heavy bag and trudged home like a drunken zombie, I had one thought in mind, food. The skies rumbled and I felt a sudden gust of wind, leaves scattered all around me. The distinct … Continue reading Simple Pleasures..
I know you thought the joke was funny but it made my heart bleed a little I know I said it didn’t matter but It did I know you think that what you did was okay but it really wasn’t I know you think I should get over it already, but I need time I … Continue reading Oh! But I Care..
Absence they say makes the heart grow fonder… as much as I LOVE writing, there are periods of time when it doesn’t love me back. I fuss about it and try too hard to write and nothing. Then I relax and forget it and keep living and out of the blues, like an old friend … Continue reading Survivivng Winter Single.
You see loneliness, it knows my name.. It calls when it pleases, A rude and unwelcome guest. Sometimes words are useless and they fail. How else can I tell you of that hollow feeling That sneaks up on me and echoes through my brain? I could be in a room filled with people, But I … Continue reading A Lone Wolf’s Song…
I tire for world people, true I tire. Orobo! As you fat reach you still dey chop? Small small oh The person wey you dey tell fit hate themselves pass wetin you know, close ya mouth. Lepa shandy! You dey watch weight?? Chop o make you no go disappear. You know whether she dey sick? … Continue reading Brother Somebody, Sister Somebody…
My people, The most honest thing I can tell you about myself right now is that I have missed writing for you more than you have ever missed reading from me. The thing about inspiration is that it can desert you for days, weeks, months even and then like a long lost friend, out of … Continue reading The Thing About Leaving Home..
