Tag "Love"

Our Stories 14 Comments

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

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THERE IS NO SHAME IN LOVE

It has always lived in his eyes, dancing in the shadows and avoiding the light, afraid of being discovered. Yet I already knew it was there. But he didn’t know

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Men Are Scum

I’ve always wanted the true love of a man. And maybe I did get close to having it. But that one move by my sixteen-year-old self was the worst mistake

Series (Non-Fiction) 17 Comments

THE OPEN LOVE LETTERS: Entry 5

Dear Trouble, When I first met you, I thought you were young and naïve. I thought you were a mistake. To me, you were the scratch to an itch. The

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I Sometimes Wonder About Love

I sometimes wonder about love… Not the physical kind that flutters away with a warm, passionate night. The other kind… That deep rush of emotions that sates you and then

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The Love That Wasn’t Meant To Be (Part 2)

Previously on The Love That Wasn’t Meant To Be… * The days that came after Nosa’s visit saw us communicating regularly. We hardly had any disagreement except for when I just

Poetry 4 Comments

HWYL

Sitting across the dimly-lit table Alone It wasn’t always like this… * My paramour I was enamoured by you Those chocolate-brown spheres Setting my soul ablaze Blasting me into oblivion

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The Love That Wasn’t Meant To Be

Nosa and I met online. I really cannot remember which of the sites now but it was in the era of Gaydar and GayRomeo. Yes, in those days, it took

Poetry 12 Comments

Musa loved Obi

Musa loved Obi His chest was his ruby. They were a pair of eyes that blinked together They sang songs of forever. * Musa was the hibiscus in Obi’s childhood

Fiction 13 Comments

Let Me Take Care Of You

A song played in the background the first time we met and I never heard it again since then. It was a very sad song but it triggered an emotion