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Spescozia Juma

Author on Reedsy Prompts since May, 2021

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short lived

Never in my wildest dream did I ever think of loosing him. Sam that was his name. He was handsome from the depth of his eyes to the gentle expressions of his voice. He was handsome from his generous opinions to the touch of his hand upon my own. I loved the way his voice quickened when he sparkled with a new idea, or was so enjoying one of mine that he lost himself for a moment and quite forgot the mask he wore for others. So I gave him my heart and kept his safe, that's the way it was. he was all I could think of all day and night I used to...

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Magical window

“A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.” those were exact words her mama used to utter to her continuously before she died. Amaya never understood the meaning of those words until today. All she does is to sit on her bed laid with a rugged mattress, gaze outside the window, watch people strolling on the streets having a good time, and when night came she could open the windows stare at the shinning stars and wish for one thing. Freedom, freedom to live her life and find her p...

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Beautiful stranger

Submitted to Contest #96

We were all frozen by the arrival of this young man in our town. We could tell from his disheveled appearance that he had not rested, eaten or slept for days.As he entered the town he heavily fell on the ground with a thud, we were all startled by this scene, we had butterflies in our stomach you could tell this for everyone was hesitant to help the young man rise up from the ground. He was groaning in pain, his quavering voices were little bit pitiful, it become unsteady, a little like a stutter. John who was a youth leader i...

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Forbidden love

Submitted to Contest #95

Dad was extremely anxious about letting me go to another city i'd never left home alone ever since I was a toddler but this time he had no choice but to let me go since I was a young adult and I was joining college to pursue my course in business management. We lived in Nairobi a six hours drive to Kisumu the place where I was going to undertake my studies. Leaving home was more difficult than I thought but still I left so as to pursue my studies. I was unable to acculimatise to the surrounding of college but with the help of my cousin Sulli...

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