A Piece Of Me

  “ It can’t be, it shouldn’t be, this can’t be happening to me “, what can’t be?, asked Ibrahim as he turned around with a sharp stare while still holding the handle of the door. He continued with his curious stern gaze at me as I sat on the leather couch some few yards away, with the photo album on my laps, I was lost in my own thoughts and didn’t know I had spoken those words out, so loudly, that he could hear and make him pause and turn around to look at me. With my heart beating so fast, my hands were visibly shaking and I could feel drops of sweat break out from my forehead, even though the tastefully furnished Asokoro mansion living room was fully air-conditioned, but I became so hot. “I said what can’t is happening babe? Because if you think our plans to Netflix and chill won’t happen tonight, then you must be joking, our order has arrived and I have the movies you requested for all on queue, so don’t be a Friday night spoiler for me abeg he retorted.” I, I, I mean, th...

Told myself that I wasn't gonna cry A lie I told myself, yet again For even when I shut my eyes so tight I can feel the tears seeping through The echoes of your last words still ringing fresh in my heart  So far from the sweetness of your promises which now appears as a distant memory A love song turned so sour, it irks the drums in my ears The rhythm of your once soothing footsteps towards me now sound like a raging storm  Now I sit lost in the crowd of my raging thoughts, nothing close to the calmness you used to bring so naturally  Arms locked with you used to be my adrenaline, like insulin pins, my ginger to conquer life battles and challenges Now; as little as us locking eyes is us tearing each other apart with silence so loud, I dare not think or imagine it if the tongue makes words of them  Zeus, Poseidon, Artemis; which of them gods stands for love? I am desperate here I need a touch, a miracle, anything Can they swing their magic wand?  Just this once,...