Stories from the Diaspora

THE ONES LEFT BEHIND II

THE ONES LEFT BEHIND II

BY SHEILLAH MAONGA To read part one, click here I looked away as I thought of that marriage proposal. We were both on the ground after our fall. I was livid. I was telling him off for running with his eyes closed. He was looking at me bemused not seeing my point at all. “I am…

THE ONES LEFT BEHIND

THE ONES LEFT BEHIND

By Sheillah Maonga We walked in the woods in silence. I was retracing my steps on that day. That fateful Wednesday that ended up being the worst day of my life. I was still in shock, 6 months later. It still hadn’t sunk in. My companion, his mother, was silent too. She had been quiet…