Obioma Benita

Nothing is forced; not friendships, not love. When nothing comes naturally and everything feels strange and uneasy, then it's not for you. Don't bother wasting time. Friendship is a two sided thing, and when you feel like you're doing more than is expected of you, then it takes a whole new name, and that is suddenly not friendship anymore. While no one is entirely perfect, I believe friends are meant to complete each other. You start where the person ends, and it's all rainbow and sunshine. When you become scared of telling how you feel about something to avoid being criticized, suddenly fidgy about telling secrets, to avoid being held in public shame; that, my friend is a sham of friendship and not in it's entirety. Friendships should not be subjective. You should not be a third party and feel inferior when you are with someone. A friend doesn't talk to you with any mannerism of their choices simply because they can. They don't say stinging hurtful words to...

Has your heart ever ached so badly, that you wished you could unzip your chest to heal yourself? You cry so hard and wish the person who caused you pain could just see how broken you are. You hoped it was a bad dream you could wake up from. How do you look up to your screen and find out that the one person you care about is not responding anymore and is ignoring you? That person no longer listens to you like the world paused to hear you speak.  Heartbreak will make you feel like your heart has been torn out of your body and folded inside out. It is a loud hum of chaos . Then suddenly, you wish you never loved at all and you never cared one bit. You see the light leave your eyes and the world becomes a shade darker. Heartbreak is worse than a broken bone; because a broken bone gets cast and a crutch. He was your first, and you were determined to make him your last. He was everything you wanted. He was there. Always there, and suddenly he wasn't. You did all you could, but he left yo...