Tag "Pain"
WOUNDS TOO DEEP
I have told the story about how I sought for love from other women, to feel things that were different from the turbulent feelings I had for my former longtime
THE TRUTHS THAT DON’T SET YOU FREE
February 4, 2014 At the back seat of the Danfo where I am ensconced between my best friends, Moyo and Ekah, I sit still. I’d wanted the window seat so
A MOMENT IN TIME
“So when did you know that you are queer?” Chike asked. I was taken aback. I hadn’t expected that. Chike was someone I met on Grindr late last year. We
THROUGH THE DARKNESS
The latter half of 2020 was as exciting for me as an argument with seven dimwits would be for an intellectual. Time became so meaningless that I needed significant events
SAVE ME FROM HELL
I am a 25-year-old gay Nigerian living with sickle cell disease, and it has been a journey. I grew up feeling ashamed of myself, feeling like something was wrong with
JUST LIKE OLIVER TWIST (Closure)
EDITOR’S WORD: This is the third installment in the story titled JUST LIKE OLIVER TWIST. Just to recap, the writer, Tony, was in a relationship with Prince – Prince, the
DEAR DIARY
Monday, 30th of March, 2020 Dear Diary, It’s been four years since I came home. The air is still as tense as the day I left. Dad almost sent me
FROM RAINBOW TO NOTHING
It had rained earlier and the concrete is cold and slippery as I climb over the bridge and stood on the tiny ledge. A vicious wind blows at me, as
THE AFTERMATH
You’ve read the stories. We Are Here: The Attack. We Are Here: The Hunt. We Are Here: The Retribution. And I was a survivor of the experience. In the stories,
A VIOLENT SHADE OF RED
Love, they say, conquers all things. I’m now sure that that’s not entirely true. For I wonder why love hasn’t conquered all the pain that have weighed down on my
