I see you…
everywhere. In a gait, a familiar hair pattern, a faraway face. My heart skips a beat, joyous that you might be back. Only for a second, before I chide myself. I wish you fulfilment. That you should be where you’d…
writing
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Years later…
…I search for a telephone number that I am sure has long been deactivated, and I write to a stranger. Who was once a friend. All the time hoping what they say is true that true friendship never really dies…
After a minute
… I realise the car is no longer moving and he is waiting for me to get off my phone so we can go in. This is a difficult call to cut short. It is just as difficult a call…
You deserve to be loved
…and I didn’t love you the way you wanted me to didn’t love you right didn’t love you as much as you needed me to didn’t love you enough didn’t love you with all of me not unconditionally But I…
Your face lights up
…into a grin as I walk into the room. You have an infectious smile. I have been so afraid to see you today, that I have left you for last. “I’m glad it’s you! You’re always optimistic and bringing good…
war torn
The Nigerian in me is still sceptical of ‘free speech’. Is aware of consequences. Has been beaten up at gun point by the Nigerian police. The doctor in me cannot afford discrimination. Seeks out humanitarian work. Should treat enemies…
There is no way…
…to die of cancer 32 months And there is no way to die of cancer when your mother asks you to wait until she dies There is also no way for both mother and son to simultaneously die of cancer…
I sometimes wonder
…what people mean when they say I have a beautiful name. I’ve heard it, said it, spelt it, read it and mispronounced it so many times, I have taken it entirely for granted. Mostly though, I wonder how one…
You, my friend,
…laughing the loudest while hurting the deepest Teaching me to laugh at myself, through hurt and hurdles It’ll pass. Or not. And I learned fast. Your laughter raw, tinged with bitter sarcasm, self-deprecating contagious And we laughed belly…
You are far away
…so I miss you across continents, I miss you hear your voice on phone in another city, I miss you hear your voice in the room next door, and still so far away so I miss you across our dinner…