Love like an Inferno a Boy by Osemwengie Zion
Love is like a boy having hot porridge in his mouth. He hurts, Yet unwilling to let go. A poet folds his lover's name into a song And rolls it around his teeth. He silently chops it [...]
Anna by Folahan Peace
“Anna, I love you and not------ as a friend-- maybe more,” Kunle floundered. I felt all cold; I could almost feel the beads of sweat forming on my temple. Funny how one could feel cold and sweaty at the same [...]
Crepuscule of Nightfall by Onuchukwu Joseph Chimezie
If you’d delayed your journey a little longer, you’d have realized that Tolu actually felt the same love for you. If you’d sang your Christian song one more night – something you made a ritual – in your high pitched [...]
Love…Like Ice Cream by Agajem Jemima Japhet
I am just 8, so l am not understanding. I don’t understand what mummy and daddy think they are doing. And it is paining me that it is as if they too do not understand what they are doing. Now, [...]
Fix by Erioluwa Shodayo
"I love you," he said looking her in the eyes. The same eyes he had once said bring out a part of him he didn't know existed. "I promise I'm not lying." A stray tear found its way down her [...]
My Whisper by Jimoh Mayowa Magaret
The rains had fallen the previous night. The only signs of this were broken twigs and leaves strewn about, muddy puddles everywhere and the cool air. In the sky, there was a rainbow; I hadn’t seen one in years. As [...]