Mar 16On taking on mountains.So this has been on my bucket list for a while now. Summiting Mt. Kenya. At least the Lenana peak. I’d hoped to do it for my 25th birthday but a year and change later, I still feel that it came just when it was supposed to. This year for…Mental Health4 min read
Jul 6, 202126Daring greatly. “My story will either be of great success or failure, either way, it will be one worth telling. “ — Sammy Tongoi Life in a panoramic 😅 has undoubtedly shifted my perspective on things and linear progressions and inadvertently challenged the “normal” way of doing things. This adversity in itself…Birthday2 min read
Mar 15, 2021The Living RoomThis should be a fun one Let me tell you Maina, 😅😅 I’m seated in a corner minding whatever is left of my business cause that’s been an imaginary line a lot lately. In comes a cutie. He is one of the waiters and his tag is printed Allan in…The Living Room2 min read
Apr 13, 2020… and other sobering storiesLet me paint this picture for you. Entrance you just a little with my love story; or passion story. Yes, that unbridled energy attributed to an overproduction of oxytocin. I’m at an international airport. I had my bags checked in but i was not quite ready to leave. The love…Queer Love3 min read
Published in P.S. I Love You·Jun 2, 2019DreamscapesPoetry Sunday — Let me tell you about this man that I fancy. He didn’t come out like the red riding hood and neither did he come to the rescue of a master in distress. On the contrary, he came in unexpectedly. A sheer strike of chance and my head started those flips; …Relationships3 min read
Apr 24, 2019Baby,Baby, Do you think I can have one more kiss, I’ll find closure in your lips, then I’ll go. Maybe also, one more breakfast and one more lunch, and one more dinner; I’ll be full and happy, and we can part. But in between meals, maybe we can lie in…Love2 min read
Apr 12, 2019My heart is bleedingAnother soundtrack for this one :) My heart is bleeding. Not the kind that you can put a band aid on, nope. It is gushing torrents of blood out and the efforts at stopping the bleeding just seem to hasten the bleeding process. I had severed…Poetry2 min read
Feb 6, 2019Deathversary“Baby, we turned 8 today…” He said this as he looked into his partner’s eyes. His own were dancing with such a light and joy that he only hoped would be contagious. “…that he may, inadvertently, cause his light to break out…” His partner’s eyes kept moving up and down…Poetry2 min read
Jan 16, 2019Stay with meSo a bit of mood music for this one. He was sitting across from me, my stare blurry from the tears that were cleaning up my vision. For the last couple of hours I sat there with him trying to find a home in those eyes…Fiction3 min read
Dec 22, 2018BattlefieldLove is a battlefield We are strong, no one can tell us we’re wrong Searchin’ our hearts for so long, both of us knowing Love is a battlefield Let me be human for just a quick minute and appreciate the fleeting nature of feelings. Brings to mind the unending debate…Love2 min read
