Dare is having an affair, I’m certain of it. I can’t believe he would do this after everything we’ve been through. My mother didn’t approve of our marriage but we got married anyway and then we had to wait for two years before our kids were born and even though he was the one withContinue reading Guessing Games
I am a beautiful bird, no a butterfly, no a flower. Oh, I can’t decide! Anyway, I am beautiful. I am the like the radiance of the morning sun, the glory of a sunflower in full bloom, my supple dark skin glows like melted chocolate, my body is the shape of an hour glass, myContinue reading What I am
Image from health.wikinut.com My eyes open to the ray of light piercing through the space between the curtains. I feel weighted down with weariness, they say in the morning it’ll be alright but I swear I felt better last night. The air is still, the sun has already come up and the birds areContinue reading Disturbance of the Peace
Kelani wiped his face with a dirty face towel and sighed. His polyester flower patterned shirt clung to his sweaty body, he had rolled up the sleeves and undone the first three buttons revealing his hairy chest and protruding belly. The light turned green and he drove frantically, trying to go beyond the traffic lightContinue reading Traffic Lights
It’s raining, long lines of transparent liquid falling on the cement floor. The raindrops falling on the roof create a din that soothes me, I’m alone with the rain, the thunder and lightening and that’s fine. I’d rather be here looking out my window than outside with my parents. It’s cold so I grab myContinue reading Tender Love
She went about like an automaton; kneeling, smiling, and talking when necessary. She laid out the dining table and stood back to inspect her work, the flowers looked withered so she took them away to replace them with fresher flowers. She proceeded to the guest room and surveyed it, the bed was made and theContinue reading The Perfect Hostess
For all those who have been taken… “You’re going to get yourself killed!” “I can’t do this” Jemaima cried “You have to! Look, it is either you die or you accept your fate” “I’d rather die. I am a married woman, I have children, I am an usher in my church! I can not doContinue reading Taken