You see, it happened slowly. When I realized I no longer love you, that I no longer look forward to our chaotic evenings under the tree, that I no longer have a thumping heart at the sound of your lyrical voice. I guess it started on the eve of my birthday, that unfortunate night that will forever be etched in the deepest part of my soul. I pretended to be asleep when you came home, I didn't want to spoil the surprise you had for me, I didn't want to see my pink bicycle yet nor the two-tiered...

You see, it happened slowly. When I realized I no longer love you, that I no longer look forward to our chaotic evenings under the tree, that I no longer have a thumping heart at the sound of your lyrical voice. I guess it started on the eve of my birthday, that unfortunate night that will forever be etched in the deepest part of my soul. I pretended to be asleep when you came home, I didn't want to spoil the surprise you had for me, I didn't want to see my pink bicycle yet nor the two-tiered...

The first time I saw a penis was when Chidioke presented it to me when we were in primary 2. It was a normal Chidioke thing to do, he was weird, at least that was what everyone said but I didn't think he was. He was just too open, too literal, than this world is used to. About the penis business? It started with an argument he and the “boys” were having. They said “you can never be friends with a girl if she sees your penis” and he told them it was a lie, to prove them wrong he came to my cor...

The first time I saw a penis was when Chidioke presented it to me when we were in primary 2. It was a normal Chidioke thing to do, he was weird, at least that was what everyone said but I didn't think he was. He was just too open, too literal, than this world is used to. About the penis business? It started with an argument he and the “boys” were having. They said “you can never be friends with a girl if she sees your penis” and he told them it was a lie, to prove them wrong he came to my cor...

They said time travel was impossible, I proved them wrong. I didn't plan to, I wasn't even going to do it but I could hear the lullaby renditions of your heart towards me—not like you remember. You hardly remember anything since the accident. I was told it's a simple amnesia and it will go away after some months, but it's been 3 years, Arike. Three years of holding on, holding my breath and watching you in the embrace of another man. You love my brother now. His voice is the rhythm you listen...

They said time travel was impossible, I proved them wrong. I didn't plan to, I wasn't even going to do it but I could hear the lullaby renditions of your heart towards me—not like you remember. You hardly remember anything since the accident. I was told it's a simple amnesia and it will go away after some months, but it's been 3 years, Arike. Three years of holding on, holding my breath and watching you in the embrace of another man. You love my brother now. His voice is the rhythm you listen...

I was never a villain But this path that was chosen for me became the map in which I tread upon. It began a long time ago, long before I was born, before the sinews of my body were sewn together. It began with my father. He was a petty trader in the Umuoha market, he was content with his earnings and wasn't looking for much out of life. But then he met my mother. Adaugo, asampete of Umuoha village. Her beauty was written in poems and sung in a melodious tune. She was the apple of her father's...

I was never a villain But this path that was chosen for me became the map in which I tread upon. It began a long time ago, long before I was born, before the sinews of my body were sewn together. It began with my father. He was a petty trader in the Umuoha market, he was content with his earnings and wasn't looking for much out of life. But then he met my mother. Adaugo, asampete of Umuoha village. Her beauty was written in poems and sung in a melodious tune. She was the apple of her father's...

I wonder if I will die before I get to live I wonder if there's someone permission out there that I need before I can truly take my first breath I wonder if all these holding in and fears isn't robbing me of my best life I wonder if at the end of my existence there won't be a big shit pile of regrets I wonder if I've not gotten used to too much pain that the glimpse of happiness feels like a threat to even my imagination I wonder if you know me at all I wonder, truly, if you would remember me...

I wonder if I will die before I get to live I wonder if there's someone permission out there that I need before I can truly take my first breath I wonder if all these holding in and fears isn't robbing me of my best life I wonder if at the end of my existence there won't be a big shit pile of regrets I wonder if I've not gotten used to too much pain that the glimpse of happiness feels like a threat to even my imagination I wonder if you know me at all I wonder, truly, if you would remember me...