By Aloo Odundo My hands trembled. I was angry, hurt, confused all at once.She kept texting and my replies were instant. We were tearing each other apart; or so I thought. I ran into my room and flung my head at the wall. I was too upset for words. I yanked my clothes off the hangers in my… Read More Words| MATRICIDE – ONLY ACT THAT WAS CONGENIAL TO MY COLD STONY SOUL
A few years ago I developed a habit. When things went wrong I would take a long walk and try to think things through. That used to help. Take time to look at everything objectively. People call it clearing your mind. Not sure that’s what I was doing, but usually after the walk I felt… Read More Words| The List
By Joseph Ngugi I have lived most of my life thinking that romantic love is a delusion; a futile edge against the existential terror that is our own singularity and then I met her and that forced me to reexamine my convictions. Several months have gone by now and our conversations have gotten deeper and… Read More Words| QUEEN OF HEARTS
By Rehema Zuberi For those who went to girl high schools, they know how easy it was identifying someone from the back. This was because of the pushback or keep-it-short hairstyle most of the schools advocated for. In varsity, you would pass 10 friends as everyone is wearing the same damn hair!
A story is told in the bible about Jesus and a leper. As Jesus in His many travels was traveling through a town a leper called out to Him. He wanted Jesus to heal Him. Jesus went towards the beggar and touched him and told him ‘Your faith has made you whole’. What? JESUS TOUCHED… Read More Words| That Touch
By Joseph Ngugi Dating has in the modern day and age become a game. A game of thrones: a game characterized by who holds more power and consequently who holds the reigns in the relationship. The concept of power in these relationships is determined by who cares more or less. The more you care, the… Read More Words| Dating: The modern game of thrones
By Ndabari Kongu You don’t forgive people because you are weak. You forgive people because you are strong enough to know that people make mistakes. Either way I think the hardest thing to do is to forgive. If it’s easy for you to forgive, bravo to you ♥. Forgiving even yourself proves hard at some… Read More Words| Forgiveness
By Rehema Zuberi. This is a call to courtesy. We didn’t have it then lose it but it would be nice if we head there. As a people. Together. No one should be left behind in this initiative. It is dynamic for our easy coexistence. There are many forms of politeness, often expressed in words… Read More Words| A call to courtesy
By Aloo Odundo ‘Kill him.’ Daniel’s stare tore right through me. I was petrified. It worsened day by day. The battering, the insults – the love. ‘Drive a dagger into his chest.’ ‘Okay Daniel. I’m sorry. I’ll change. I’ll be a better wife.’
By Fide Kibue I slide back from them all, breathing slow, taking in the hotel air a mingled with smoke from the hashish pot and marijuana sticks, polluted by the used air from their lungs. I raise my eyes from my phone to observe the guy next to me. He looks lost in some marijuana… Read More Words| The First Time and The Last Time
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