I never really forget

I have never been able to really forget each person I was close to

Each one had a definite quality I remember so richly

Like the way Blessing would call me DEE with her heavy laden Calabar accent

To how Rita calls me “My love” in her waffi tenor

The attitude that Bunmi shows off...that “dayo-is-my-friend-don’t-dare-come-between-u” assertiveness

To the way Bukky, will save gist and the way she claps her hands and frequently holds her nose when she’s giving the gists

I don’t forget...

For me what is lost is not really lost

When each friendship ends because of distance mostly, I never fully get over them

Sometimes I think it hurts too much to be involved

Because I miss people in the most mundane ways

I kind of fascinate over little things...like the beauty that is when the sun reflects over Kunle’s glasses and in trying to squint a dimple appears on his face

I never really forget...