Uchenna Onyishi
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Give This To April Mayfair
I have wondered what makes a woman beg the way she did. The truth I abandoned is this: she did not desire less from me because she was happy with little; she did so because all I was willing to afford her was little, even after she had given all of herself to me. Continue reading
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Extremely Harmless & Incredibly Underwhelming
Ugonna kisses me now. He tells me he loves the way I love him. I want him to tell me that he will not see the woman whose hair butter I still smell on his pillow again. That I was all he thought about when he was with her. And that he only indulged her… Continue reading
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Give This To Halimah When You See Her
You have more than enough room inside you for all the men who will break your heart, all the men who will be gentle with you, and all the men whose hearts you will break—and the ones you will show grace. Continue reading
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The Monster Under My Bed Looks Just Like You, 3
Antonia, I hope that when the day comes that you choose to tell our story to strangers that take a seat in your new life, that you will tell them how well I loved you, before you tell them how much I hated you for becoming too familiar with our neighbor while his wife mourned… Continue reading
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The Monster Under My Bed Looks Just Like You, 2
It seems nothing about the way we left things has changed. You still think you are above wrongdoings because I have sheltered your thoughts; because those who love you have kept your sins away from you. And so you walk around with your barely wounded heart, and your ignorant mind that believes you are without… Continue reading
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The Monster Under My Bed Looks Just Like You, 1
I thought I was going to die the other night. It has been three times now since you left that my lungs have forgotten to do anything with the air inside it, because my whole body was too busy trying to make sense of the reasons why you insisted everything we shared had to come… Continue reading
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A Headstone in Mama’s Garden
I know the version of myself you think is good for you; the one that swore to put you above all that is good for him. He is dead now. He died this morning, or yesterday maybe. I am not sure. Continue reading
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Before We Fall, 2
Munachi, I always suspected that your mother thought of me as weak. And my last visit to Enugu to see her, settled any doubts I held on to. While I appreciate her fondness, it has suddenly become important that I make it clear to you, why I can only find your concerns and those of… Continue reading
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Before We Fall, 1
But it is important you understand that I need you. I have needed you from the very first time you drove to my place in Utako with food during your lunch break at work. And I still need you now, and may never stop needing you. Continue reading
UCHENNA ONYISHI 