The Heart Wants What It Wants – Edith Knight Magak The heart pounds fast. In sync with the thrumming moves its owner is making. They are matching beat for beat…
My Choice – Cate Nyabuti
My Choice – Cate Nyabuti Mother, father, and the man I should marry Like old friends sit by the fire Taking in the warmth; sipping on their cups…
Hello Wapenzi! Here she is in all her splendour; the Sultan’s yacht docked on the Mombasa harbour. WSA Kenya is her name, held in the cursive arms of…
LOVE IS YOU DEAD
Love is you on your death bed; in your final hour, surrounded by flushed crying eyes of helpless loved ones. It’s that moment when your breaths are measured- each one…
COLOURS
‘Hi’ ‘Hi’ ‘I’m Josephine.’ ‘Josephine?’ ‘Yes, Josephine, like Bonaparte’s wife.’ ‘I see..’ ‘I don’t look like a Josephine?’ ‘Josephines are not so bold.’ He literally bared his teeth or it…
SILENCE
She was lying on the floor, white tiles glistening like a newly oiled baby, clutching her stomach her bony hands pressed against it. She was sick, sick to the core,…