I did not know of your strife,

But I knew you all my life.

You seemed young when I was,

Played hopscotch and didn’t give a toss.

You sang to help me sleep,

And cooked so I would never weep.

As time went by you slowly forgot,

You were called and our time was cut.

It hasn’t been long but we learned to be,

Often called Nani, you’ll always be my Adjie....

Joe stretched his arms way above his head and slowly lowered them breathing a sigh of relief.

“Oke, let’s get this done!” He thought.

He had to get these things in the computer room, now storage room, sorted through to either give away or keep before he moved to Norway. He spotted the chest he was eyeing yesterday and decided to tackle that first. He dreamt about opening it last night but did5 ...

He looked around frantically searching through the brush. His hands got scraped and scratched but he didn’t even notice. If he didn’t hurry and find this antidote his friend would die. This all my fault, he thought. Why did he have to drag Bren all the way to another hemisphere just because he was having a quarter life crisis. There! Over there! It looked like… Aha! Kaz picked up the bottle brushi...

I jolted from my thoughts as I heard the doorbell ring. I gaped at the book infront of me as it rang a second time. The chair tipped over as I got up to rush to the front door. I yanked it open slightly out of breath eyeing the postman infront of me in bewilderment.

Noone ever comes out this way. My home is at the edge of my hometown. I was raised in it by my great aunt and uncle. I had always b...