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Content tagged with pain
Waripamo Allen
city Yenagoa, Nigeria
In Nigeria
The Curse Of Black Gold
Welcome to "THE CURSE OF BLACK GOLD," a 5-part series on the impact of oil in Bayelsa State, Nigeria.Bayelsa State is rich in natural resources, bu...
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4 upvotes
3 comments
Praise Agunna
city Port Harcourt, Nigeria
In Africa
Voices Unbound
The chase for my degree has left me utterly stunned and speechless. Immediately after secondary school as it's known in Nigeria, we journey for a h...
356 views
5 upvotes
4 comments
Emoshadow
city Lagos, Nigeria
In Literature, Writing and Blogging
Troubles Of This Gen & The Echo Of The Next
We grew up in a world that kept moving even when we were breaking.No pause.No breath.Just go.We learned early how to act okay.How to carry pain wit...
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2 upvotes
2 comments
Trixie Wrights
city Lagos, Nigeria
In Women
My Kintsugi Heart
MY KINTSUGI HEARTTrigger warning: themes of abuse to women.I stared at my picture frame, the one that held my original name.“Happy”, “whole”, “pure...
160 views
6 upvotes
4 comments
Kuroumi_k
city Ikeja, Nigeria
In Literature, Writing and Blogging
The Limbless King
In a dazzling land, clear with beauty, stood a glistening castle of the purest of white. With an incandescent radiance that was reminiscent of a w...
271 views
3 upvotes
1 comment
Emoshadow
city Lagos, Nigeria
In Mental Health
Choose Your Suffering
Nobody really tells you this growing up, but suffering is unavoidable.No matter how careful you are, how kind, how smart, or how disciplined — pain...
120 views
1 upvote
1 comment
Faye🥀
city Abuja, Nigeria
In Mental Health
Echoes
Hurt and pain are suffocating, a relentless reminder of what's been lost and can never be regained. It's as if the mere mention of them can transpo...
351 views
11 upvotes
9 comments
Deleted Account
In Literature, Writing and Blogging
She Who Is
357 views
3 upvotes
0 comments
Faye🥀
city Abuja, Nigeria
In Philosophy
Why We Romanticize Pain In Art
We say pain is poetic. We call heartbreak art. We write sadness into songs, paint it onto canvases, and pour it into poems. But in making pain beau...
457 views
18 upvotes
13 comments
Godwin Erite
city Lagos, Nigeria
In Relationships
Love's Last Reward
Pain lingers where no visible wounds have been struck, yet it weighs so heavily that even simple words dissolve into unbidden tears. What a dreadfu...
547 views
4 upvotes
4 comments
Xallyheart
city Abuja, Nigeria
In Literature, Writing and Blogging
Ghosts In My Chest
It hurts to let gonot just of hands you once held,not just of voices you laughed with,but of the version of yourselfthat only existed when they wer...
156 views
5 upvotes
6 comments
Youthscrew Art
city Sungai Udang, Malaysia
In Arts and Crafts
I Carry The War In Me : The Second Chapter
There is a war they cannot see.Not on battlefields or borders,But inside the caverns of my chest—Deep, quiet, and endlessly burning.I wake each day...
322 views
4 upvotes
2 comments
Uche Chidinma
city Abuja, Nigeria
In Philosophy
Pain
Pain does not always arrive loudly. Sometimes it walks in quietly, sits beside you, and stays longer than expected. It doesn’t announce its name or...
74 views
1 upvote
1 comment
Deleted Account
In Literature, Writing and Blogging
February 14th, 2026
February 14th, 2026I will be twenty years old on Valentine’s Day.People will call it poetic. Romantic. Lucky, even.As if love automatically lives i...
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10 upvotes
15 comments
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