TeeWai

Sometimes i find myself staring at an open page for hours, joggling the words in my head and dreading the critical eyes and minds of my readers. So i take my eyes off the page and go about the day's activities, silencing the words as the play out in my head. At the close of the day, i realise i cant fool myself. For I had carried my blank page in my head all day long. So i find that no matter how far from it i go, i keep coming back to my open page. Feels like i was born to do this. So i write, the fears not withstanding. Like an addict, I just can't stay away.

For years I had watched my mum do it. You may be wondering what 'it' is, yea she always took off the hot pot of soup with her bare hands. As a child at the time i thought it was heroic. Whenever i saw anyone use a cloth to bring down the pot of soup, i will ridicule them in my mind. Finally the day came that it was my turn. I could not wait to be like mum, so when i was offered a cloth to help protect my tiny hands from the heat of the steel pot i declined. With enthusiasm, I reached for the handle of the pot and my eyes turned red as the heat from it ran to my head. oh how it hurt me! i quickly opted for the cloth and from that time on stuck with the cloth. One day, mum left the soup in my care and i got carried away with other things, as I approached the kitchen I realized the soup had over cooked and was pouring into the fire. In my confusion I rushed for the pot and turned off the fire. it took a while for me to realize I had just dropped the pot with my bare hands and it d...

So I was thinking and this was where my thought led me. ARMY RETURNEE Dashing, spontaneous, daring, ambitious and loving, these are just a few of the many qualities Mark was till we got married. The uniform made him so dashing; I can’t wait to walk down the aisle. 10 years after, Mark is fortunate to have made it home after the war. But he is not my Mark anymore o! It must have been a traumatic experience there, because he barely eats, he is withdrawn and cold. He has nightmares each night, and barely talks to me at all. MODEL NO MORE Sonia was everything I could have wished for physically. The moment I set my eyes on her, I knew she was my wife. She was gorgeous, voluptuous figure, tall, well rounded in my ‘key’ areas (winks). The day we said ‘i do’ my joy knew no bounds. She was mine for life...waoh! A few years into our marriage we were the ‘It’ couple and i was always glad to show off my sweet trophy wife. Then one day everything changes, she is diagnosed and a cancerous growth is ...

I have had to do this run many times, because that's what I do. For some reason today felt different as I bowed my right knee, while sizing up the distance to the finish line, I awaited the whistle. At the sound of the whistle I ran with everything in me, I thought of the drills, wounds, aches and the strain that had got me to this place. I could see the faces of those who couldn’t wait to see me fail, the indifference of some onlookers and the loving smiles of my loved ones as they cheered me on, but much more I realised I had stopped seeing the other competitors, it was just me. Something in me wanted to break into an early celebration as I figured I had outran all the others. But the words of my coach rang loud in my ears, “learn to run past the finish line”. To the amazement of many I doubled my steps, and then it happened. It was unexpected, but I slipped and fell face down. Mixed feelings gripped me as I wondered how many I will have to contend with. How many had go...

I am a female, but that's not all, I am a lady as well: not just that, but a Diva. Have i been abused? Assaulted? humiliated? Ever cried myself to sleep and woke up in the pool of my tears? Looked in the mirror and all i could see was a broken and wounded person? Had my childhood robbed off me before i learned to make a sentence? Trusted the wrong man and shamefully loved even my abuser? Searched for someone to love me enough, hoping i can learn to love myself thereby? Hardened myself so i could fit into the "man's world", now no one can touch my heart? Dragged others down, settled for cheap gossip; thinking i can find fulfillment by bringing another down? Fanned the flames of lost love, struggling to reawaken it? Embracing feminism fanatically to see if been more manly was the answer? Carrying a baby in my womb; am just a grown baby myself? Cheated on so much, i have a low esteem and always fell like "second best"? Lie...

This was a short story i entered in for a contest thanks to Joanna who inspired me to... too bad i entered late and did not win the prize, but it grew my guts in a funny way, so please read and let me have your feedback. ….For the umpteenth time she screamed “I am sick of this”. Rolling up her sleeves, she begins to type again, it was one of her many letters to the stranger. Hillary walks in unnoticed, while covering her mouth to hide her mocking laughter; she pushes Tami from behind; Girlfriend, don’t you think you are taking this letter thing a little too far? Not in the least, Tami retorted, pissed at the interruption. You just don’t get it gal! Oh ok, I get it, this stranger is the one who gets to hear what your pain in the ass beau can’t right? Get real dear; you have to choose between these two worlds, and FAST!! Am outta hear Tam, I can’t stand your drama. Tami begins to play back memories, wondering how she got here and where it all began to lose steam and get her this wea...

I see a little girl child, her innocence, her naivety, her trust in her environ and the people around her, her smile warms mine and i reach out to touch her chubby cheeks as i cant help but smile back. It brings back memories of when my own life was that simple, food, play and sleep were my art and everyone was my friend....at least that was what i believed. The irony is some perverted minds see the same sweet child, they do not think warmth and love, the think of her as a girl wired to meet their lustful needs. I cannot get my head around it, i cannot get over it, every time i hear of child rape, molestation or abuse, my heart cries out for the innocence that has been stolen and cannot be bought back even with the most colorful dresses and toys. It is robbery, it is brutal and we must discourage it anyhow we can. To every parent, please never get too busy to notice details of in child's life, to every nanny, house help/maid, realize that you are as responsible as the parent in def...