"My body is choking me" That was the first thing he said to me the night after Keffi. I wrapped the sheets tighter around myself and thought how different he looked from before Keffi Nick. His once chiselled cheekbones and jaw now looked too bony, his eyes were constantly flitting from one thing to the … Continue reading Drowning →

The girl loved her father. You see, there was never a mother for her. Girl was pulled out of the gaping chasm of her mother's womb a whole day after the cerebral hemorrhage that spelt the end of mother's life. Father cried for months after mother's death, he was never the same man again. But, … Continue reading The morality of it →

"Is this seat taken?" I was trying to find a word that rhymed with 'now' when his voice cut through my thoughts, I looked up at him and my reply died on my lips. He was beautiful. "wow" I said. He leaned in closer and his smell washed over me, he smelled like water on … Continue reading The poem I’d been scribbling for years →

I enjoy sitting outside on hot days with no clothes on. My husband, Sam thought it weird at first, my sitting under the sweltering sun for hours on end reading poetry while my skin burned. But he came to appreciate how happy I was after those hours outside. I would bounce in, my battered copy … Continue reading Venus in the sun →

I could never forget the day you left. I'd finally finished a book I had been reading for months. You teased me about it's dog-eared pages and the oil stains on almost every page. I remember how you put the book in a shoe box and pretended it was a coffin. Do you remember how … Continue reading The day you left →

I believe that we are all hanging on the edge of insanity at any point in our lives. Most of us are born at least 50% insane. I rub my temple and consider banging my head against the wall again. I have bad headaches, I've had them for a while now. Sometimes they're so awful … Continue reading Head to the wall →

I studied my reflection in the mirror on the side wall, My hair fell in perfect ringlets around my face, my uniform fit me like a Vera Wang dress and my combat boots were definitely not in accordance with dress code. Sophia was allergic to uniformity and she insisted on dressing us every day. I … Continue reading And then there were two →

She's really thin. That was the first thought I had when I met her. She was standing with her legs slightly apart and her head cocked in a way that made it look like she was assessing my soul. Her yellow shorts showed off her impossibly long legs and her white shirt was tied just … Continue reading The first one →

If I were to write a poem at that exact moment, I would have described myself as a death storm.... Or something dramatic like that. I slammed the broken ends of a beer bottle into the bouncer's neck. The blood spray from his neck made an almost perfect arch before splattering the wall. The dimmed … Continue reading Sisi(number 61) →

I stopped growing taller when I was 19. But at 5'11, I was still one of the tallest women in any room I walked into. With my height and my tiny waist, I turned heads wherever I went. Which was why I wore hoodies and pretended to be a boy on my walks. Not that … Continue reading Sisi(Number 15) →