“She’s going to slap me!” I said to myself, unsure of what defensive demeanour to assume. Do I wait for…
Tolu AkinyemiAugust 2, 2020
You are at your desk at work and by your arm sits a jar of your favourite cookies. You reach…
Tolu AkinyemiFebruary 4, 2020
If you make me fall in love with you Please don’t say you were not warned For as I fall,…
Tolu AkinyemiSeptember 14, 2019
We built our love like a shelter you cut trees, I drew water you laid bricks, I made mortar we…
Tolu AkinyemiNovember 5, 2016
The second hardest thing in the word is finding you. because precious things are hard to find. The hardest thing…
Tolu AkinyemiMay 22, 2016
My shoes have lost their floors And my eyes riot from looking But till I find you, I will Worry…
Tolu AkinyemiMay 22, 2016
When you are single everything reminds you. Commercials remind you everything is cheaper if you buy in twos. Your big…
Tolu AkinyemiFebruary 20, 2016
I wait for love patiently the way one waits for a special delivery. All day, I sit by the door…
Tolu AkinyemiFebruary 20, 2016
Patrick tugged urgently at the piece of cloth strangling him all day. He yanked the tie off his neck, threw…
Tolu AkinyemiSeptember 15, 2015