Side Dude

Hamstrung

I can’t seem to walk;

Only my head seems to work

With thoughts revolving like a clock

Culminating into a migrain stock.

Kelekele Love

There is no point being in a relationship with someone who isn’t proud to have you…

Recently, I’ve been inundated with display pictures as above on BBM, mostly by ladies frustrated about the lack of ‘advertisements’ by their boyfriends. You know, the bae display pictures, #WCW and #MWME hash tags, the ‘I love you’ pms and all. Wheew, all these shht is intense you know, hehe.

It Hurts

It hurts, it really and truly hurts;
It shouldn’t, but it does.
It meant nothing, but it felt special.
Now it isn’t just me,
And it hurts, very much.

The thought. Oh! The thought…
The thought of just you and I;
Even though there was no US,
The thought was compelling-
The thought of you and I,
When the curtains fell…

It counts for nothing now,
‘Cause it’s not only I anymore.
The memories are tainted,
The nights maligned.

It meant nothing,
But I still feel stupid.
Knowing that it wasn’t special,
That it wasn’t only I all along
Makes me feel ordinary,
Used even.

Late Last Wednesday

He leaned back, fingers locked behind his head and fell slowly into the naked bed. His eyes scanned the room in search of nothing in particular, before they finally rested on the space between my two eyes. His gaze drilled a deep hole in my face and I had to take my eyes and attention off the TV, off of the movie that had distracted me from his bare chest. I stared back at his stern eyes and they pushed mine back with a vehement disposition. I was always tame at the staring game.

He smiled a rueful smile at my transient defiance and inevitable submission. How could I resist such beauty? His smile was like the break of dawn, like the bloom of the sunflower. I couldn’t resist, I couldn’t hold back the naked thoughts of his shiny oval face and chiselled trunk. Our eyes met again and that time, I smiled. I had to. How else could I have hidden the lascivious thoughts gaining momentum in my head?

THE BEAST WITHIN- Chapter Nineteen

Don’t you tell me you missed the previous episodes. I’m mad at you but well, cop it here >>> Chapter Seventeen and Chapter Eighteen.

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By the time she got home, Dayo had called her cell severally. She eventually switched off her phone and sank into her bed, wailing. It was around 8pm before she woke up. She had cried herself to sleep and she felt more miserable. She switched on her phone and called her mom.

COMMITMENT

Some people associate commitment with responsibility… Yes, they could be right.
Some others think it is yardstick for gauging maturity; of course, they could also be right.
My opinion? Doesn’t count.

Commitment is a huge word. An important word that is underused, overlooked and dismissed altogether. It is a word, yet a virtue, a salient one.

ATTRACTIONS

Men in general, most of the time (very close to all of the time), are often attracted to at least one feature of the opposite sex. Most often, they are attracted to what they see and less often, feel.

Some might tell you otherwise, “all of you is attractive” and all. Hey, to what end? Yes, a few of the female breeds are close to perfection. Yet, it is much closer to sweet talks and stroking fragile egos than stating the honest truth.

PROSPECTS OR ‘ALREADY MADE’?

“If you don’t attain a certain level of success, responsible women can’t fall in love with you. It is not because they are materialistic or they like money, it is because they are too responsible to walk into poverty with their eyes opened.” -Anonymous

I have been drawn to these words for the better part of today. Exactly who are “responsible women” by definition?! It’s sad but truly, most Nigerian women are of this school of thought. The “he has to be rich and comfortable” school of thought.

FINISHING

…Indeed, a genesis would have a revelation; a start its finish and a beginning its end.

Is there always a need or reason to “finish”? What’s the point in starting what we wouldn’t possibly finish?!

WHAT MEN WANT

The aftermath of what women want too has been pleasantly gruelling and enlightening. I have been quizzed by disgruntled and equally excited members of both sex. In my defence, I’ve been forced to agree with some ladies that “no man” (apparently they haven’t met some of us) can honestly and sanely fulfill those “obligations”.

Are they really obligations? Aren’t they supposed to be every man’s duties and responsibilities? Shouldn’t they be things every and all men should provide and bring to the table in a relationship?! 

LOVE & STUDY

“Imagination is the devil of my mind.”

Studying could be fun, actually, it is fun. Especially when it involves something you can totally relate with. If not, it helps if you have a wide and rich imaginative mind. With Biochemistry, it is a little bit of both— that I can tell you for fact. For an average student, imagination is everything.

WHAT WOMEN WANT TOO

“A woman wants you to be who she has always envisioned being with.”

In light of the feedbacks from what women want, it is safe to say that some men still cannot, in simple and straight terms, figure out what their women want; and indeed, some women don’t know what is require of their men either. Wheew! Making a simple, rounding and generalized conclusion on what the female folks want in a relationship proved complicated, how ironic. Obviously, some people would have perhaps loved “a list of what women really want.”

FISHING FOR (102)

“…Not everyone can become a great artist, but a great artist can come from anywhere.”

Are you ready for your first foray into the waters, or are you ready to start doing things rightly? It’s high time you brought your A-game fishmongers, right from the very start. It doesn’t matter who or what you are, you are quite in control of WHAT YOU CATCH— the shinny brass, a skinny “shawa” or “the white whale.” Let’s get down to business!