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A TRIBUTE TO MY FIRST LOVE
It was on the 12th of July when I got the shocking news that you are no longer here. The means by which I got these news was neither what I would have expected nor wanted. I was distracting myself on social media and I saw that one of my cousins had posted a photo…
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WHEN THE ANNOINTING TAKES AWAY MORE THAN YOUR SINS
WHEN THE ANNOINTING TAKES AWAY MORE THAN YOUR SINS Here I am studying while listening to gospel songs. I managed to distract myself and started watching the videos. As I watched the people dancing to the songs, I could see how they connected spiritually. This made me recount the moments that I “felt” the…
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A LETTER TO MY FIRST LOVE
(Part 2) You see dad, you were my first love! You were also my first heartbreak! You broke my heart before I even fell in love. “What are you doing here? Why didn’t you go with your mother? Follow your mother!” I still remember you uttering these words of rejection so blatantly. The ease with…
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A LETTER TO MY FIRST LOVE
(PART 1) You crossed my mind today! It was a passing thought and it dug deep. I wished for another dance, another walk (yes☺, I did listen to Luther Vandross). I missed you lifting me up in your arms and retaking that photo that we took when I was seven. Only that this time, it…

