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Ekene May – “My Epiphany”
I stopped talking, what was the point? Why did we live, to die anyway? On the 20th of May, 2010, I woke up early to relax, since I did not have any exams to write, till the following week. It was a Thursday and the last exam I had written was on Wednesday, which was… -
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Bunmi Oke – “The Fellowship of Grief”
Just the other day on the beach, you had asked me—and a strange asking it was considering—how I would cope with the loss of you. Over the years, we've both been bereaved of loved ones—cousins, friends, both our dads and my mom (and most recently, and most devastatingly, the unborn little one in your belly)… -
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Michael Adeyeri – “Shades of Colour Unseen”
Shine looked out the window. From her room, she could see people were starting to gather under the canopy erected in the front yard. She closed her eyes and wished them all away. She wished this whole nightmare was over. She drew the curtains and sank into the floor. She curled into a ball and… -
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Akande Eniola – “Melancholia”
That post-breakup period is usually the worst, your mind drums up tortured images of your times together; of the times together you missed; of her wrongs; your wrongs; twisted half-remembered versions of maybe you should have done this; maybe you shouldn't have done this; to make her feel your pain? Let her heart bleed as… -
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Victoria Weyulu – “Coping with Grief & Anxiety during the Lockdown”
Slowly, but certainly, I gained the courage to accept the things I could not change (it takes a lot of courage to do something different from what you’re used to). “Our anxiety does not come from thinking about the future, but from wanting to control it.” - Khalil Gibran After losing my father to a…
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