The wall i built after loosing my father - CNF
A while back, i used to think losing my father was the worst thing that could happen to me but then I discovered that grief could make you afraid of losing everyone else too…
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A WALL INDEED.
Throughout my life I have put up several walls based on things that I see happening to others and things that have happened to me, and I've watched several of those walls crumble…
AND IT BROKE
I knew I was desperate, but I knew if I just took the risk, it could pay me a great deal and even change my current situation. My partner was against it, but I was too desperate…
What the Cracks Actually Held
"You people and your steel and glass," Baba Joy said while she was using her legs to match the palm slowly inside a section of mud wall that has been built since before any of us…
Sometimes Walls Fall For A Reason.
When I saw the house again I almost laughed. It was not because the house was funny, Because it looked exactly like how I felt inside. The house had cracks in the walls like…
The Door Upstairs | Fiction.
For a very long time Nobody was allowed into the room upstairs.. Not visitors. Not relatives. Not even the housekeeper. Its been twelve years now, the door has remained…
THE COMPOUND WALL
Everyone in Umudara village knew who Chief Okeke was but very few people actually knew him.. to most people, he was simply the old man behind the wall. His compound sat at the…
I Thought I Knew Him.
I noticed this man always comes over to eat at our restaurant. What made me notice him was that he has a specific spot, and he only orders the same thing each and every…
I DIDN’T KNOW
We had a quarrel that afternoon, and it made me upset. It was the 5th time in three days that we were fighting and it was already getting frustrating. I wanted it to stop, but…
The Jar on the Fridge
"You have to recount it," that was what my elder sister said, while her voice was already low, with her eyes filled with benefit of a doubt, watching Pamela, our house help…
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