Life, Love, Literature.

You don't like to walk around Tombia because it is a bad-boy nest but you don't really have a choice. You take pride in the swiftness of your feet and hands. Although you are not muscular, you can be very slippery and you know how to fight. It is what you tell your girlfriend, Stella, whenever she panics: That you can fight for her. That your love for her makes you stronger. That there is no man on Earth as powerful as a man in love. That love is your driving force. But, Tutu, you know you are very foolish. You feel it deep within you, every time you buy her gifts. You know she doesn't value you because you are a student and your uncle, Dr. Oyins, has shown his interest in her. You know that she spends weekends in his big house, that the gifts you buy her are nothing compared to the luxury that your uncle provides. You know all of these things.. you know that she is only with you because you have a nice penis and you know how to use it. You know you are nothing, but you try...

I've been in a very terrible place recently and I can't exactly express how difficult it has been for me. I think it's alarming how much of a mess we've become. There's so much pressure from the world and from our own selves to be better than we are, to strive. Look around you, everyone is battling something within. While some people are great at disguising, others just can't hide their pain. They withdraw.  Someone said on the radio yesterday that  " our generation is weak. People slip into depression easily, everyone is sick, everyone is struggling" and while that seems like the very sad reality, I don't think it's because the "generation" is weak. I think the world is tough, I think the world is a lot tougher now. Lol, So many Nigerian parents would find that ridiculous. Why? Because they did not have shoes to wear to school in their days. Because they didn't have phones in their days. Because they had no one to support them i...