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Childhood’s End
The innocent lessons we learn from horrible moments and how they define us and shape the path ahead. Stop , she cries out behind me....

lylaet
May 132 min read


JUDGEMENT DAY
Art by liliboo And so here we are again, brought into question once more. Having to defend our way of life, our way of love, our being....

lylaet
Mar 313 min read


Mayhem, Magic and Memory Lapses
Eddy the rugby player was having one of those months. To almost anyone who knew him, he was still Eddy

lylaet
Nov 18, 20248 min read


The Beast Down Below
I'll never give you away. I've already made that choice. It happened slowly, but suddenly. I can't tell you when in my heart I knew that...

lylaet
Sep 19, 20233 min read


Heaven Sent
Conversations begin but fade into other thoughts. I can't recall what they were about, but I know I tend to ramble. Unsure of where to...

lylaet
Sep 12, 20233 min read


Through The Doors: A Journey of Rediscovery and Courage
The first door is easy, magical even. There is no marking on the door, but instinctively she knows and opens it. It leads her to her...

lylaet
Aug 1, 20232 min read


The World Waited
The sweet melodies of the morning birds roused me from my sleep, just a few minutes before my alarm. What a far more delightful and...

lylaet
Jul 25, 20232 min read


There Is A Place For Us
There is a place for us. It's neither big nor small. In fact, I couldn't really describe it to you. I know it has all the things that I...

lylaet
Jul 18, 20232 min read


Child Of Light
My child of light. When you exploded into being, the universe celebrated. The heavens exalted your arrival. Life marvelled at your being....

lylaet
Jun 30, 20221 min read


Golden Brown Perfection
I would kill to hold your hand. Just grab it, and feel your fingers interlock in mine. I am not a hand holder. This isn’t something we...

lylaet
Feb 24, 20222 min read


Aminata's Freefall
It was her fifth job interview after graduating from university, and it was absolutely infuriating. She could feel the sweat collecting...

lylaet
Oct 26, 202113 min read


The National Archives of Ghana - Archived Letter #23020 (2001)
My love, 35 days. So of course I haven’t forgotten and moved on. You linger. In my thoughts, in my memories, in my desires. I haven’t...

lylaet
May 20, 20215 min read


I cherished the peace you gave me
I am here today because my wife has always wanted me to do her eulogy. It started off as a joke you know. In the very early years of our...

lylaet
Apr 1, 20216 min read


Find me in the dark.
If you are looking for me. It is absolute darkness here where I am. It’s a strange kind of darkness. One that changes, grows, shrinks,...

lylaet
Feb 18, 20213 min read


Incarnate: Part 2
* For most of her life, Imani was fuelled by fear. The fear took different shapes; fear of failure, pain, and the fear that one day...

lylaet
Sep 10, 202021 min read


Boy and Butler
It was a silent night, so quiet that it almost deceived you into thinking that it was utopic.

lylaet
Aug 27, 20208 min read


Incarnate: Part 1
Imani was stuck, just as she had been the day before, and the day before that. In her room, she scribbled down nonsense...

lylaet
Aug 13, 202012 min read


The Things We Do For Love
There was a book quietly sitting in Zahra’s mind. She already had the title;

lylaet
Jul 14, 202018 min read


I want to tell you a story.
It’s a story about a girl, and like most stories go, the girl is lost. She wanders, up cold mountains, into musky caves, and even plunges...

lylaet
Jun 17, 20202 min read
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