2 days agoI wish you stayed.I want the company of friends. I want to be loved, almost like Jesus described love. I want us to sit in silence, yet with our hearts in sync, calm and joyous. I want you to stay but leaving is also an option, so you choose the latter. Last week…2 min read2 min read
Mar 8God is a woman.To know you is to love you. To know you is to walk in love. I wish you knew how beautiful you are. How perfectly crafted you were by the creator and how man needed you because he realized only you could make the word companion come to life. I…2 min read2 min read
Jan 19On turning 21How do people deal with getting older? I have not been so good at that. It always feels like time is ticking, and I have nowhere to run but watch and see how it circles. If I were, to be honest, I’d call it fear. Fear of the unknown. It’s…2 min read2 min read
Nov 23, 2022Tribute to my late brother.Five years ago, precisely on this day(mummy says it was just a few minutes past afternoon), you decided to rest. I’m writing this with tears. Not the one that came from the news of your passing or the one that came afterwards when I blamed myself for not doing enough…3 min read3 min read
Nov 9, 2022November series: Living with sickle cell.“Dying is a debt we owe. We’re all going to die whether or not we live with Sickle cell disease.” Tell us a little about you. My name is Olorundunsin Ikuesan. I’m Nigerian, a medical student and a compere. I live with sickle cell disorder. Would you consider sickle cell…3 min read3 min read
Nov 2, 2022November series: Depression and healing.“There’s something greater than this world. I was searching for things in the outer world, not realising that all I was looking for was already inside of me.” What’s your name? My name is Justine Staudza. I’m an adventurous soul here to enjoy life fully, learn my lessons and share…3 min read3 min read
Oct 26, 2022I quitToday is Wednesday which automatically means today is the day that I get to post. I’m sorry, but I do not have anything to say. I want to write beautiful words, but they wouldn’t flow. …1 min read1 min read
Oct 19, 202217 is Unlucky.“Daddy, please, don’t do this. God, please stop papa from doing this.” I started to plead, but my father would not stop undressing me like a thief about to be set on fire. He was hungry for me- for my body. Amina, my mother, married papa at a very tender…2 min read2 min read
Oct 12, 2022I sent a dollar to all my followers.Four and a half months ago, I decided to write my heart out freely for the world to see. To let people read and see light through Abbas help. To write as much as I sing; that’s a big deal because I do it unconsciously even in my sleep. Dear…3 min read3 min read
Oct 6, 2022Unfiltered thoughts.We are broken vessels You are our Potter We live in the story You are the Author Give us the answer We’ll give the Honor From broken vessels to our father Maybe it’s in the song or the season we find ourselves in, but we are all broken. I wish…2 min read2 min read
