Reading time: 6 minutesYejide woke up with a start, acutely aware that she was late even without glancing at the clock in her bedroom, which always ticked steadily as it counted down the seconds. She quickly jumped out of bed and dashed into the bathroom, splashing water on her face at the sink. In the dim light of […]
Diary
Reading time: 4 minutesHello 28, I will keep this letter brief. However, before anything else, I would like to state that you have been my favourite age so far, probably even the best one. Perhaps, that’s why you’ve also been the toughest one and that makes me sad because you were nothing short of magical yet you went […]
Random
Reading time: 4 minutesIn order for me to write poetry that isn’t / political, I must listen to the birds / and in order to hear the birds / the warplanes must be silent. Marwan Makhoul There’s a saying that when we wait to be happy, we wait forever. I have been chewing my words since March started […]
Poetry
Reading time: 2 minutesI wish I was a soldierI wish I was occupiedI wish I was occupied with canons, and splashes of bloodand murdering in the name of my countryI wish I was a soldierI wish I could be fighting for loveNot the kind that today is with you and tomorrow is a strangerI wish I could fight […]
Diary
Reading time: 7 minutesHello 27, Read the previous post It’s now time to say goodbye. Was it not only yesterday that we were doing that to 26? Oh right, that was some three hundred and sixty-something days ago. Indeed, it feels like no time has passed at all. Yet we both know so much has taken place since […]