Image SMELL THE ROSES There are those times When it feels like your best Is not enough Like its no best at all When your ambitions mind Keeps screaming without restraints About how you are no good Of how

Image I watched him from my room on the first floor. He didn't seem to notice me or anything else for that matter, he looked so deep in thought with a permanent frown on his face. I wished I could appear

Image I decided to have a one night stand yesterday. It was one of those strange and impulsive decisions that comes out of boredom and a quiet Friday night. I was too reserved for something like that but

If our love were a contract, it would be irrevocable If our love were an illness, it would be terminal. If our love were a drug, it would be addictive If our love were some other drug, it would be lethal

HAPPY INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY! I didn't plan to write anything today. I was too tired and unhappy with corporate law. I simply was not getting as much as I wanted to and the topics were miserably long.

PHOENIX T21 IS OUT I feel really excited. I don't think its the giddy kind of excitement I felt when I turned 21, its more of a peaceful and calm excitement. An excitement of satisfaction and fulfillment.

COME HOME . You were not by my side this morning, your side of the bed was neat and straight, just like Nnena laid it the night before. Last night, I had no pillow and the bed doesn't breathe, not in that

Its very easy for us to get carried away by gloom, either a little bit or a whole lot of it. It colours every other thing as grey and black, we choose not to see the bright areas and instead we get overwhelmed

Do you ever feel fake? Every morning when you try to smile and make small talks with both people you like and do not like, does it make you feel like you are fake? Or do you feel it is a necessary evil

Do you ever want to yank your hairs out of your brains? Do you wonder if the world has turned against you? And you wonder why nothing is going right? Why nothing seems right? Do you feel like life is not

Growing up, my Dad would always tell me, "its your perception that matters".. I think more than ever, I see how important perception can be. Your day can go all rotten because you perceived a

Its called double standards And a ton of bullshit Spare me the crap About a key opening many doors He fuck'd her She fuck'd him They fuck'd up You hear silly little boys Going on and on About tricks and

I got really excited today. As I was waiting for a supermarket to open because I came too early, I started going through Whatsapp statuses on my phone and I stumbled on a feminist friend of mine's status

Love was a myth Relationship was drama Marriage a prison And children a grave mistake Until I met you Life was dark Filled with torture and despair I was ready to give up Throw in the towel And damn the

He said he loves me I see it in his smiles And the way he begs me Everytime he cheats on me With one skinny bitch Or office slut with big mounds But he really loves me Because he says he can't live without

So I am sorry this is coming a bit late; I mean the announcement but I figured its better to still make the announcement. Towards my birthday celebration I organized a creativity contest in which I intended

THANK YOU!!!! I am so sorry this is coming late but it's definitely late than never. So how did 8 go? I typed that with a deep sigh because honestly I was just overwhelmed that day. I mean from the very

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAREST ME, Darling, I see you are giddy with excitement and I am happy for you too. It's been quite a wonderful journey with you. You know the past few days made me appreciate how far we

MY PEN I wouldn't have satisfactorily completed the countdown I started if I didn't talk about my very best friend; my pen. Honestly, most times I do not know how to explain what writing is to me, I think

OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY Lawd! OhAhYou! Even as I type this I am filled with so much nostalgia about that beautiful school. I wouldn't have loved it anywhere else. OAU taught me, stretched me, drilled