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THE CLICHE

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    She was lonely , she was depressed . She had had enough of Kunle's disloyalty. It seemed as if the more she tried, the less effective she was in getting through to him. It was never like this in the beginning, it was never this difficult, it was never this full of quarrels and fights and banging doors in each other's faces. It was never this full of hurtful words and so much silence that could swallow a horse. How did they get here? From being a power couple to barely saying a word to each other.  She could not even remember the last time he touched her. Oh! Wait a minute , she could remember it was over a year ago. Aaagh! Kunle what had she not done? She had hit the gym immediately after their third child and she even looked more in shape than she had ever been before she had children. Is it dressing up? She was up to date, following all the instragram what nots and doing her best to be in vogue . She had gone as far as getting matching lingerie but Kunle wouldn

HOW WAS I TO KNOW?

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DAY 17 OF THE YEAR 2018. New entry into the diary. The way I feel at the moment almost makes me wonder if one can ever truly find HAPPINESS, considering I have been searching for the 25years of my life. Oh! I know what you’re thinking and wondering at the same time so I’ll just give you the answer without hearing the question. Yes! Even in childhood happiness somehow managed to elude me. How I to know that life was would get so suffocating? Each time I laughed or smiled it looked so genuine that if a grieving widow saw me she would go green with envy but it wasn’t real. How was I to know, that laughs didn’t necessarily mean joy within? I am guessing that my special gift from God was academy award deserving acting skills, because damm girl! I was good, so good at making people laugh that I was tagged “happy don comedian”.  Oh and before I forget let me introduce myself, my name is Happiness! Ironical right? I couldn’t agree more. So I am quite sure by now that you unders