Memories! Memories! Hopes and Dreams!
A bunch of random words that have been used more than they deserve and now we have collectively started to think they mean more than they actually do. But grief, we don’t use enough.
Grief… 
ከብዙ ጊዜ በኋላ ገና ትናንት በህልሜ አየሁህ፡፡
ቅዠት ይሆን ህልም ያለየሁት ህልሜ እሱም ስለኔ ያልም ይሆን ብዬ እንዳስብ አደረገኝ፡፡
እናፍቅህ ይሆን? ከናፍቆቴ ብዛት እንቅልፍ አልወስድ እያለህ ተቸግረህ ይሆን? ስልክ ደውለህልኝ ከመጥራቱ በፊት ትዘጋው ይሆን? የእረፍት ቀንህ ላይ ስክር ብለህ አዲሷ… 
“በርግጥ ገና እንዳሁኑ ሰው አፍ ውስጥ ሳልገባ ራሴ ደርሼበታለሁ፡፡ ሰው ለመቅረብ፣ ከቀረቡ በኃላ ተዝናንቶ ከአንጀት ለማውራት፣ ለመውደድ…ከዛ በላይ ደግሞ ሰውን ለማመን ረዥምምምምምምምምም ጊዜ ይወስድብኛል…. አውቃለሁ ጥሩ ነገር ነው:: ምክንያቱም የሆንኩትን ሁሉ ሆኜ ሳልማር ዛሬ ደርሶ ሰው አማኝ ብሆን አገር በኔ… 
©Antex Sisay
‘I hope you understand why it took me a year and four months to let you in,’ she told him. ‘It’s just that I’ve come to learn what it means to love people deeply and lose them so… 
©Adane Firde
Last night I dreamt about you for the first time in a while.
It made me wonder if you see me in your dreams too. Do you miss me? Do you miss me so much that you can’t… 
©Adane Firde
He didn’t want a relationship and neither did I.
“Emotions only lead to pain”, he says.
“Yes, feelings are overrated”, I tell him.
He wasn’t ready and neither was I.
Wait! Do you get ready for feelings though?… 
©Adane Firde
She remembers thinking that she would not remember what he looked like. His face was one of those you would forget after looking at it once. His smile was dull as if he was faking it. He had… 
©Adane Firde
She thinks if they had met at a different time or place, or if they were both sane, or maybe lived in a different planet, they would have been perfect. Almost.
She thinks, if they weren’t obsessed… 
©Adane Firde
I sit here. I am making pieces on paper because the one’s in my heart do not have much hope of being put together.
Someone told me once that, feelings and reality are not always the same thing.… 
©Adane Firde
She wanted to ruin it all, and write about it. She wanted to write about leaving. About leaving him and giving it all up. She wanted to characterize it as an act of bravery; as an act of…