We walk through life carrying pain and hurt that others have inflicted on us. We feel entitled to carry the hurt and pain, we own the pain and hurt like an asset. This is so wrong. It is an injustice to our mind, body and soul. Whereas the people who inflicted this pain and hurt…… Continue reading Your Power
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Wrapped 🥂
The year 2022 is packing up, we are at the end of this chapter, I don’t know about you but for me and people close to me 2022 has been a roller coaster ride. A lot of bumps and stops, ups and downs but we survived the fierce ride. However the year went for you,…… Continue reading Wrapped 🥂
Dear Body
Dear Body, This year I put you through a lot. You had to go through so many changes and phases that too on very short notice. You were tested physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually. You had to go through a lot of stress, less sleep, less food, early mornings, you name them! To say I…… Continue reading Dear Body
To The First Man Who Stole My Heart
to the first man who stole my heart, swept off my feet by this man who cradled me to sleep, whose heart I melted as he smiled down to me, the first man who taught me how to love, though my piercing cries rang out from the backseat of his car the whole way home…… Continue reading To The First Man Who Stole My Heart
The Problem is the Process
‘Problem no dey finish’, as Nigerians will say. Problems, huddles, obstacles, however you want to call it are an uncomfortable inevitable part of life. The higher you rise through life, the tougher the challenges you encounter. Just when you think you can catch a break and just chill, then from nowhere your next challenge pops…… Continue reading The Problem is the Process
[ careless laughter]
Laughter is good. It would interest you to know that when I’m not stating the obvious, I’m usually laughing. Otherwise I’m laughing because I’m stating the obvious. Though, I wouldn’t call it laughter in my case, a mild seizure is a pretty accurate description. Laugh often. It’s carefree. It’s fun. It’s energizing. When you’re out…… Continue reading [ careless laughter]
HOW TO SAVE THE WORLD
Most of us are on a quest to save the world. We are very empathetic about issues and challenges that impacts the world negatively and like superheroes, we want to step in and the save the world. We have big ideas 💡 on how to make the world a much better place and we are…… Continue reading HOW TO SAVE THE WORLD
THOUGHTS AT 3 A.M
would it be a good idea to sleep now and regret it during the day? my thoughts at 3 a.m, i knew leaving the lights on was such a terrible idea, but not to worry, now i’m coiled up under these sheets wishing I was already asleep, now I’m over here overthinking, the rain sounds…… Continue reading THOUGHTS AT 3 A.M
Momma’s Love
nothing like waking up to momma’s cooking, (never mind though I’m a ganiyen, whose cooking are you waking up to?) the clothes she would take off her back for you and she would, she would take your tears and let them fall down her own face if she could, nothing like momma’s love, and oh!…… Continue reading Momma’s Love
Dreamlover
Perhaps it’s not a terrible thing to be a dreamer, If I have learnt anything it is to never pay too much attention to tropes and stereotypes glamorized and made a mockery of by Hollywood, Perhaps it’s a good thing to dream, To let your mind wander so far away from your present, When I…… Continue reading Dreamlover
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