#5DaysToVals Contest Entry by James Ogunjimi She cried as she threw her clothes together in a big bag she bought the previous day. She had to pack up and leave before her husband came back. She would leave him a note and hope he understands why she... Read More
Valentine
#5DaysToVals Contest Entry – Submitted by Samuel Ogechukwu “If Nnenna is the subject in the sentence ‘Nnenna fought Umah’, what is the object?” her voice rang out. “Fought.” She glared at the direction... Read More
I Love You But I Lost You
#5DaysToVals Contest Entry – Submitted by Oluwatimileyin Ayodeji A girl named Amy was a nerd. Everybody in school treated her like a loser. They called her names and pushed her around. She only had one friend named James. He was a jock and he... Read More
Morire
#5DaysToVals Contest Entry – Submitted by Awotide Damilola Over and over the bus tumbled. She woke with a start, taking out the earpiece from her ears. The first impact made her head hit the roof of the bus. She tried grabbing hold of anything to... Read More
Complicated
#5DaysToVals Contest Entry – Submitted by Oju Omamogho We met on the streets of the words you said,”You can never love me,Our hearts as one is not meant to be”Became music in my head.I needed to understand,For we had just met,And... Read More
Broken Valentine
#5DaysToVals Contest Entry – Submitted by Ojo Blessing He was standing behind me. Some distance apart. His hands dropped sideways. Mine across my chest. The tiny voice of my heart kept calling and beckoning me to make-up with him. I insisted at... Read More
Friends With The Other Me
#5DaysToVals Contest Entry by Lady Cyrstabel Tamakloe It has always been me Alone with my thoughts Till the other me walked in It was hard making an acquaintance coz like a turtle; I was always in my shell It took a while to get used to him... Read More
UZOIJE
#5DaysToVals Contest Entry – Submitted by Iwundu Wisdom When Uzoije saw Lagos again, draping an H. D. N. S bag over his shoulder, he thought he’d finally be able to find what he was looking for; a world absent of colony, irresistible... Read More
Love’s Tentacles
#5DaysToVals Contest Entry – Submitted by Christabel How can one learn to love when being put in an environment of hate for too long? Like the harmattan fog, memories of my past rush to the fore, swirling up and beclouding my mind. I remember... Read More