WRITE UP BY DINDY:DIVORCE Please do not share without talking to me personally and asking for permission, thank you for reading this write up… Divorce a strange word to me(because it has not happened to me). A word that was not meant to be (when you ask God for guardian things like this won’t happen … Continue reading Story By Dindy: Divorce
By the time Jade came back, it was a little past ten in the morning. She had called her colleague at the office while eating to inform him of the developments and let him know she wouldn’t be coming in to the office today. Jim had been sympathetic and wished Wale a speedy recovery. Now, … Continue reading Restore 6
Wale slowly regained consciousness. His mind was blank and he couldn’t lift any part of his body. The fog was lifting but he still couldn’t see clearly. He tried squinting through the minimal light available to no avail. He wanted to search his pockets for his phone so as to penetrate the darkness by using … Continue reading Restore 5
Late Thursday night Jade was in her home office looking through some case files when her cell rang. She frowned at the intrusion and debated not picking at all on seeing it was a number she didn’t recognize. Who could be calling this late at night? Something urged her to pick though and she reluctantly … Continue reading Restore 4
Wale whistled along with the song playing on the radio as he drove through the streets of Ibadan. The song playing was Olamide’s Bobo and Wale loved the song. He loved whistling too so he decided to combine his two favorite things. He was on top of the world, he was having fun and was … Continue reading Restore 3
Jade unlocked the door to the house just as the fixed line in her bedroom started ringing. She rushed into the room and picked up the phone on the fifth ring. It was her mum on the line. “Jade dear, how are you today?” “I’m fine mum.” Jade replied warily. She knew where the conversation … Continue reading Restore 2
Wale whistled happily as he took a cold shower in the bathroom. He was preparing for a date he had with Nedu, a lady he had met just that afternoon. He had met Nedu at the bank when he went to send some money to his son, Segun who was at the university. Nedu was … Continue reading Restore 1
Divorce is better than love captivity You’re divorced, a good choice You’re divorced and now you’re dating your pastor I have a lot to pour out from the bottom of my bowels but I’m not born to the shore of this world to judge anyone; God knows more… No leaf shall fall without the consent … Continue reading You’re Divorced
“I am taking another wife” her husband nervously announced during a private dinner between the two of them that he specifically requested for. The children were eating in the kitchen with the house-help just for tonight. It was better that way, they wouldn’t understand. Ekpen gave no reaction. She seemed to be in … Continue reading Ekpens Miracle
It was lively but now wrecked with sad tale So our voyage ended long before we set sail I saw it crystal in your eyes over the ocean The neglectful betrayal of your fake emotion You promised to take love to the Gold Coast But subtly switched modes like an old ghost … Continue reading Seduction
When morning comes, I will tell her the sun rises and sets in her eyes. I will tell her she is the love of my life; she always was and, probably, always will be. I will tell her I just might find no one like her again and that is why I have to let … Continue reading The Sense of an Ending…
She’s a different other thing To him than just being my mother Something deeper than secrets Than seas reflected in the eyes Of a sojourning bird over the waters One day they had some scuffles What others could not imagine For it was thought they’d never As one endured odd upon a time From young … Continue reading Adaure my Father’s Wife
I had thought the following months would see a better light. The writing course I applied for while we were dating was finally approved in a mail sent to me one day. Awaiting his arrival in delight that day, I prepared his favourite meal. I was delighted for two reasons, my writing career which I … Continue reading “For better, for stay; for worse, le walk away.” (2)
“We were and then, we weren’t” I summarized my marriage of twenty-five years in my head. Standing over a body that I am performing an autopsy on, I was aware that I wasn’t…at least my thoughts; were unprofessional. I was trained to be alert to the body…to feel something for the humanity that had departed … Continue reading It’s Complicated (1)
I sit curled up on the love seat, tears flowing. Staring at the far end of the room, I ignore the shadows cast on the wall by movements outside my window. My mind is in turmoil. I look around the house; five years and I hoped I’d still be counting but I’m not sure now. … Continue reading Love still lives here…