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"LYK U"

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Photo: Pinterest Liking a boy is embarrassing.  You’re not sure if he really likes you even when he shows you that he really likes you. You don't know if he’s telling you the truth even though all he's ever shown you is something that resembles the truth. What? Is he gon’ disgrace me when we go to dinner too? Leave me at the table abruptly saying he has to go to the convenience for a little mid-dinner poo? I don't know if it's my insecurities speaking to me or just plain facts.  See, I wanted to call it my past, but that ain't that. It's the customary weight of people’s tales, people’s fears, people's tears that I have to carry on my back. My mother, my sisters, my cousins, my friends… they've all got something to say. Like, “I thought he was the one, but I found out he was gay.” Like, “I thought he was the one, but he couldn't keep his penis to himself for a day, even worse when I was away.” “I thought he was the one, but he later left all the famil...

THE HOST AND THE HABIT

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W hat Lacy remembered most were the unanswered calls and texts religiously sent once every day to avoid coming off as ‘thirsty’. He also recollected her gently touching his waist randomly in the midst of his mates during any outdoor events simply to get his attention. He enjoyed every bit of her shenanigans, but what he didn't seem to enjoy so much was that all she ever did was that. Feathery touch in public and private spaces to make him come alive a bit, and conversations about everything but how he really felt about her. She was going to come around, he told himself. No one really did the things she did with her eyes, mouth, and hands if they didn't feel a certain way towards the other person. Perhaps, she wanted to make the first move, like Prisca, his best friend’s formally sworn enemy, now girlfriend. But even then, the thought felt ludicrous. If he had to solicit her physical appearance time and time again until the thought of letting her go, no matter how painful, seeme...