Author: Dania

  • Return Mail: This Place

    Return Mail: This Place

    Easy. That’s this place that we’ve come to. Although if you think about it, we’ve kinda always been easy. Settling into each other and flowing seemingly seamlessly. Comfortable is another word I would use to describe this place, but the word has sort of become associated with old, married boring…

  • Return Mail: Hold My Hand

    Return Mail: Hold My Hand

    Temi, My own. I always said I was going to call the person I get married to Temi. The reason was because I didn’t want to ‘share’ the name. Didn’t want to ‘prostitute’ my name (for want of a better word). But this name? It’s yours. I’m sure. It’s how…

  • Return Mail: Scrape-Scrape-Scrape

    Return Mail: Scrape-Scrape-Scrape

    I remember you saying it, but I didn’t listen to you. I was caught up in your beauty, and your fragrance, and the sweet smell of your blood, that I never realised how I was killing myself, for you. You said it so many times, “lions are meant for cages,…