Tag "Pain"

Series (Fiction) 9 Comments

BEAUTIFUL SINNERS (Episode 3)

“Oh God, it’s worse than we thought,” Demoniker’s twenty-three-year-old publicist, Nneka, groaned as she drew the blinds hanging over the window of the singer’s five star hotel room. Her widened

Series (Fiction) 17 Comments

BEAUTIFUL SINNERS (Episode 1)

SIX MONTHS LATER This is it! The final step! Amara repeated these words under her breath as she sat in front of the vanity table, staring at her artfully made-up

Our Stories 54 Comments

THE MESSAGE OF PAIN

It is perfectly human to become emotional, feel hurt, shed a tear every now and then or even curl up and cry your heart out. I perfectly understand because I

Series (Non-Fiction) 13 Comments

UNDER CONSTRUCTION: SAY HELLO TO MY FOOLISH FRIEND

Foolish Decisions meet Eggsy, Eggsy meet Foolish Decisions. And the two shook hands and became best of pals. The End. What is that word for when a person actively seeks

Series (Fiction) 16 Comments

Those Awkward Moments (Final Episode)

“Excuse me, nurse,” Mother said to the uniformed woman manning the desk, “could you please tell us where we can find Ngozi Okoli? She was brought in earlier –” “From

Series (Fiction) 16 Comments

Those Awkward Moments (Episode 27)

A wise man once said: “Sometimes we make decisions, and sometimes decisions make us.” I once reflected on those words, and realized that in the recent past, it would be

Poetry 13 Comments

FEAR

You’re like a tongue of flame on a candle I’m like my little niece Fascinated by your luminance Wanting to be a part of it Staring with big bright eyes

Series (Non-Fiction) 36 Comments

THE QUESTION: ARE YOU PREPARED FOR WHAT LIES AHEAD?

I have frequently told my friends that our lives are scripted even before we are born. I am not talking about predestination in the sense of divine influence or anything

Series (Non-Fiction) 7 Comments

Carl’s Existentialism VII

First of all, y’all should have a listen of the following music, in order as they are written – ‘Feels Like Coming Home’ by Jetta, ‘Fly’ by Meadowlark, ‘Life Of

Poetry 17 Comments

SOLILOQUY

Did I find you Or simply thought that I did? Our impassioned craze Was it love or was it chemistry? Numb we were, shorn to the feel Of pain, of