Tag "Pain"

Our Stories 38 Comments

THE LOVE THAT NEVER GOES AWAY

It’s been over nine years since my relationship with the guy who was my second boyfriend ended. His name is Junior. I met Junior when I was 17. And he

Our Stories 23 Comments

A Tiny Glimmer Of Hope

It was profoundly tough for me to write this, but I guess this is the only way I can find some release. My parents got divorced when I was just

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IF I HAD TO WRITE A SUICIDE NOTE

I am not going to kill myself. Not yet, at least. But if I make up my mind to do that, I would write a suicide note. If I had

Fiction 13 Comments

STUCK ON BROKEN

You walk out of the room, your heart in shreds. You promise yourself that you won’t cry but the tears, the treacherous tears find a way to well up in

Our Stories 15 Comments

360 Degrees (Part 3)

This is an update on the story I told last year September, about my sexy barber. We called him Frank. An engineer with a side hustle as a barber. A

James' Journal 4 Comments

IBK’s JOURNAL (Entry 30)

November 2 Hey guys! I’d usually start by apologising for being AWOL for such a long time, but I’m pretty certain I’d just do it again. So, there’s no need.

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To Everyone Who Robbed Me Of Me

I live in a constant state of dread. Every time my phone rings, I feel my heart sink a little. What is it this time? Please don’t let someone be

Poetry 1 Comment

For Jamel Myles

For what good is humanity If time and time again, it fails To achieve its one primal aim Which is to accept, love And protect those under its wings Regardless

Our Stories 11 Comments

FOR THE LOVE OF THE BIG BLACK COCK

How many times have you pulled down the zipper of that shag you’d been wanting to have with the zeal of a trained whore and the determination of a politician?

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THIS IS WHY WE LIVE

The first time you tried to hang yourself, you could not find a rope in the house. Later, you’d discover one rolled up in a corner in the storeroom behind