Odusola Oluwalayomi
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Anxiety— Letter A of Emotions
The ABC’s of emotions; *Anxiety* Take a deep breath in, take a deep breath out Breathe, calm down, breathe, calm down Just pray, have faith, be calm, don’t doubt You have to be stronger than your emotions, or else you’ll drown. Anxiety, my old friend, my partner, my shadow We met a couple of days ago. ‘Just breathe’, I chanted, my new mantra, my motto But you laughed in my face, my serenity you’d come to overthrow. When I looked behind you, your siste...
Dealing with this thing called grief: A story
“I can do this. I just need to write. I just need to write. I just need to write”. The words kept repeating themselves in my head as I stared blankly at the piece of paper in front of me and it stared back. Blank. Like a mirror of my inability to create any longer. What was it called? ‘Writers block’. Perhaps this was just a phase. Perhaps it’d pass if I just gave it time. Or perhaps it was an aftermath of the grief I felt due to my father’s passing. No matter the reason, however...
Don't give up, at least not on love.
When I was younger, Everything gave me joy. I couldn’t be fonder Of my parents, my friends, even my silly toys. But then at age eleven, Something crazy happened. A fight from morning to noon, Had unexpectedly ensued. Now don’t get me wrong, My parents had never been perfect. But one would think they would get along On my big day, but alas, my expectations weren’t met. Maybe that was where it started This journey of sadness, The fighting, the shouts, the quarrels had led...
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