love – Jacquline Njeri

To the Girl I Used to Be, You Deserved More

Dear Me, I think about you sometimes. The version of me who tried so hard to be enough. The girl who smiled through exhaustion, who kept saying she was fine

To the Love I Thought Would Be Forever

Dear You, There was a time I truly believed we would last. The way you looked at me, the way our hands fit together, the way we talked about the

To the Group That Never Noticed I Was Hurting

Dear Friends, I used to sit among you and laugh until my cheeks hurt. I played along, joined the conversations, and matched your energy as best as I could. You

Dear Dad

You were always there, physically. In the living room, watching the news. At the dinner table, silent. Outside on the veranda, smoking with your thoughts. You weren’t absent like the