Hello Royalty. The process of getting your life together can be such a big deal, so much that you begin to feel like a mess. They call it “adulting” right? Yes, I can relate with all those inadequacies, so here are a few notes for you when you feel nothing like the shining star, but […]
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WORLD MENTAL HEALTH DAY || A Letter to my 15-year old self
Hello Royalty. ‘Turn your demons into art, your shadow into a friend, your fear into fuel, your failures into teachers, your weaknesses into reasons to keep fighting. Don’t waste your pain. Recycle your heart.’ – Andrea Balt *** It’s World Mental Health Day, and I thought to share a piece from my notes with you. […]
FLASH FICTION || A New Dawn
Gaunt is the old man who lives across the compound. Gaunt is how I feel when I play your words in my head – a hit record one might call it, an album of five words – “it is over between us.” Oh let us remember to add that refrain, “May we be distant forever.” […]
FLASH FICTION || Unspoken
Shammah was the type of boy Derin liked – the ones who wore glasses, the ones who had a slight bowleg and the ones who were quiet. It was two weeks since their marriage and Shammah was no longer the man she married. His legs seemed to have straightened up and he smelt like camphor, […]
LIFESTYLE || RANDOM WRITINGS X WHAT GOES DOWN IN MY NEWSLETTERS
Hello Royalty. How are you feeling today? Today, I am sharing two of my random write ups with you – read that as two of my “I-don’t-know-why-I-wrote-this-but-I-did” writings. They are usually spurred by an everyday activity, a thought, an idea, event – anything and everything. Enough talking yeah? Let’s get to it! You can call […]
FAITH || BE MY COMFORTER, BUT NOT MY LOVER.
Hello Royalty. How are you this new week? I really do hope that you are starting off smiling and full of hope! If you are not, then you should. Remember the last time you were sad and worked up? Did you smile eventually? Yes? Yes. So remember also that this too shall pass. Today’s post […]
IWD 2018 || WHAT IT TRULY MEANS TO BE A FEMINIST.
Hello Royalty. Happy International Women’s Day! Every year, I am growing to become more excited when it comes to talking or writing about women. First things first, here’s a poem dedicated to all women: Here’s to women Here’s to fears which have become jettisoned. Here’s to obscurity turned to light. Here’s to you bursting at […]
SHORT STORY || An Ode to Mother-hood
Hello Royalty. I hope your week is going just fine. Remember the last post on how 2017 will still end well for you? Never give up. Today’s really short write up is for all mothers and ‘on becoming’ mothers in the world. We love you for all that you are and all that you do. […]