Stories
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(Come We Stay: Part I )
A guy falls in love. He really does. He meets a girl from the other end of town, he’s head over heels about her. Tragically he sits there, sipping some hot coffee, reading a novel along the shores of the lake, waiting for some sort of a bloody sunset, watching her but nothing he can… Read more
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(Fanya Haraka, Mamangu anakuja)
Who remembers this phrase,? *”fanya haraka, mamangu anakuja. ..”* (be quick, my mom is coming?) I do. I remember. Do not judge me. I knew no better. I remember the plain fields. The clouds at that time; sometimes they got orange like a fiery ball. We thought God was burning sinners. I remember the evenings,… Read more
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(Santa’s Fairy Tale)
For those who missed Christmas, and boxing day. Those who certainly missed my birthday. This is for you. Those whom we wished to be here but never was. Those who begun January, and never made it to December. This is for you. I’d love to tell you, that Christmas came and went. In an instant,… Read more
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(The daughter I never had)
The only time that I got afraid was when I asked your Mom to marry me. She never said YES! But that doesn’t explain why you grew up without a father. I never met your Mom in the fanciest of places. It was never in a restaurant. It wasn’t during one cold Evening in some… Read more
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(Deception)
She found hope in the lies. It was her only abode. The only truth she believed in. So when she got to know the truth she was adamant to believe it. She called them lies. She screamed “stop, stop, stop” She wanted to hear none of it. She blurted out amidst her tears, thumping on… Read more