Daddy, do you know how it hurts? Does sitting in a bar breaking bottles into your gut make you feel better than coming home to us? Is the banter sweeter than kissing mum? Is her mouth that bitter? Daddy, I want to learn your pain Every time I look into your eyes I see a […]
The demons stared back. Coiling in my bed at 2 am with a sleepless body in the dead of the night. A heavy bag of daunting thoughts. Mum and dad endlessly argued in their bedroom. My heart pounding hard. A woman had called mama, threating to throw her out of our home with us, her […]
Let me count you the ways I love myself: When I was 6, I lost my five month old sister, Jael. Jael Apondi. She died while feeding, food went through her wind pipe. I helplessly watched her life fade away as she choked in the struggle. The lady tried everything to get the food out. […]
