Aderonke Adeyeye's Blog

It all started when he said, scratch that, when he ordered that the single ladies in church should come with pictures of men they want as husbands, so that he can pray about them. Considering that some of us were unmarried and were not dating at that time, a lot of ladies were really happy about this development and they quickly obliged. Except for Kewe and I. Standing in front of the church gate after we finished the single ladies' forum where he made the decree, while we waited for Deji to come pick us, Kewe shook her head again and again before muttering : "This doesn't sound right." "What doesn't sound right?" I asked, completely out of touch with her conversation, my mind was on more pressing matters like Deji's preeq. I just finished my period and I couldn't wait to have him in me. Deji wasn't my boyfriend boyfriend per se. Actually Deji was a married man with three beautiful kids. Before you judge or castigate me, let...

Rikiya Episode 1 "I need you to be with Chief this evening. He pays better. " With those words, manager pushed me in the direction of the men drinking, smoking and laughing loudly at the back of the bar. I staggered towards the bunch and fixed my gaze on the Chief, resetting my brain to default settings. This is what I do with every new client, I format whatever my brain has stored about previous clients, so I can accommodate fresh new inventory of the new client. My name is Rikiya, and I am a Waitress. "Walk fast now" I heard manager's voice behind me, urging my heavy legs forward. I shook my head vigorously to clear it,  pasted my business woman smile on my face, and walked graciously to the table. "Good evening sirs, I hope you are all enjoying yourselves" I inquired flirtatiously and seductively and winked at Chief, like a seller trying to make sales, I was fast getting in my hooker role. Yes, I was trying to sell something as usu...

Have you ever wished you could stand in front of a moving vehicle and just die? Or take some pills and shut out the pain, turmoil and anguish you are going through? That might be too harsh. More like taking a long walk into a faraway land, leaving everything and everyone behind. Or locking yourself up in a room, without contact with another soul. Yeah,  that feeling exactly. That's how you feel when it seems the world is against you. When your world feels like its closing in on you. When bad things keep happening to you. And when you think it's over, something worse happens. That is when you feel like calling it quits.  When you feel like being swallowed and dropped far beneath the earth surface. When you have no more tears in your eyes to shed. When the only thing you feel is.....  PAIN. There it is, that feeling of a person who is hanging on to the tiniest of thread. Written by Aderonke Adeyeye Picture credit : bbncommunity.com