“What happened to us?” “You grew up and left me behind.” “Typical! I asked one question and you answer a different one. I asked what happened to ‘us’ and not what happened to ‘me’!” “Us?” “Yes us!” [...]
May 212012
Kiah
May 042012
He smells like rain and Cairo after dark He smiles and the Zebras in the Zambezi lose their stripes He reaches out his hand and the walls of my heart; those brick walls with foundations [...]
Apr 272012
He speaks about her in present tense; like the present still holds her presence and there is a future somewhere with her in it. I want to yell at him. I want to shake it [...]
Mar 252012
Memory cheats. In this game called life, memory knows it has the upper hand. And so it waits till a couple of months later; when you think you are healing nicely and the dull ache [...]
Dec 302011
The blood would not stop flowing. It had been 3 days. Nsa and Wonuoma had promised me 3 days at most. Well, Nsa had initially said 2 days but Wonuoma had retorted that Nsa was [...]
Nov 092011
I start by telling you how happy I have been these past few months. I ease into the good times we have shared. It takes a while but i get to the crux of the [...]
Nov 022011
He is not the same. Then again neither am I. He smiles a lot still but it never reaches his eyes. I mentioned this to Mama and she says I am wrong. “There is nothing [...]
Sep 012011
He is not the same. Then again neither am I. He smiles a lot still but it never reaches his eyes. I mentioned this to Mama and she says I am wrong. “There is nothing [...]
Aug 302011
The walls did this to us. Even as I left it all behind today, I could not bring myself to look beyond the walls and knock on his door to say goodbye. I had to [...]
Jul 272011
The Walls did this to us – Walls I woke up before the sun today. I laid in bed and waited for it to rise. It felt great laying in my bed, knowing that I [...]
Jul 072011
She didn’t make it back home that night. I bathed the kids and took them to school the next day. Like the bright stars that they are, they knew better than to ask after their [...]
Jul 022011
She doesn’t whisper my name anymore when we make love. I can’t even remember the last time we shared sleeping space. Like cobwebs that cover unused places, so is my memory of love with her. [...]
Jun 282011
I didn’t want to but Nifemi said no one would find out. So we did and we got caught. Nifemi started to cry almost immediately Mr Amuche, the assistant headmaster branded his koboko. I didn’t. [...]
Jun 272011
We crossed the desert, Sailed the seas, Rode the constellations, Cruised the milky way Why was it the minute pond that felled us? Why was it that splash of water, that stretch of stillness created [...]
Jun 222011
I remember the first time I became aware of you. It had been one of those nights where I was startled from sleep by the realisation that the cold seeping into the lower part of [...]