Dear Jessica : Remember Tomorrow

Portrait shot on the streets of Lamu - April 2017  8th October 2017 Dear Jessica; Some todays are like freshly baked buttery cinnamon rolls; pleasant to the senses. The orchestra of glazed crispy dough, melted cinnamon sugar and raisins as they swirl in your mouth is all so perfect. On those today’s; you bask in... Continue Reading →

Press, Play, Repeat.

You show up at work looking like Nicky (from Orange is the New Black); hair’s a mess; dark eye bags beneath you bloodshot eyes; body limp and tired. You can't stand the sight of your reflection in the mirror.  ‘You look really bad, you should probably get some rest' 'I will… I will’ How do... Continue Reading →

Wasting Oxygen

The past couple of weeks have been real scary. I have been drifting through my days; a plank of wood struggling to stay afloat. It is easy to tell people that things will get better; that all they need to do is to work hard and give their best. But what if you did all that... Continue Reading →

Embracing Your Confusion; Be You

A monkey is busy digging through the bin on the drive-way. After what seems like 5 minutes, he finds a packet of Delamere yogurt, rips it apart and proceeds to lick it dry. He (I’m assuming it’s a he because, well, blue balls) then continues to search in the murk for tid-bits of left over... Continue Reading →

Poetry: Benediction

BENEDICTION by The Wordslayer If I wrote one last time, And my ink became illegible, And my words forever silenced, My life a memory and my feelings detached, My mind clouded in high skies, And I float precariously in unknown vastness, Let not my absence be mourned , Let this last forge be immortal, May... Continue Reading →

The Struggle of Being a Village Hero

When you’re a “village hero”, campus is either a make it or break it point for you. For those not familiar with the term, village hero is used by the cool kids to refer to those sons and daughters of peasants like myself who’d never step on the City’s soil were it not for higher... Continue Reading →

MEN: 10 HABITS YOU NEED TO LEAVE IN 2014

If a woman doesn’t exhibit some interest in your advances, please quit pestering her. Stop with the “Why haven’t you replied my text yet you’re online” kind of nonsense. The un-replied texts, blue Whatsapp ticks and missed calls should have been proper indication of her lack of interest in you, but it seems some men... Continue Reading →

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