Revive My Cold Heart
It was a sunny Thursday evening, I was exhausted after a long day from work when on my way home with one of my friends she said to me “have you seen the videos of the accident that happened along Lagos-Ibadan expressway?” knowing that, that is the route that leads to my house in Lagos, Nigeria my immediate thoughts were to call my mum, dad, siblings, friends and my loved ones that I knew plow that road on a daily basis. After confirming that all the people that I knew and cared about were saved I had a sigh of relieve and went on with my day like nothing happened. And it suddenly hit me I just got really comfortable after hearing that no one that mattered to me was affected by the accident, and as that thought was going on in my head I tried everything in my power to push it away simply because I knew it was true and didn’t want to think about it but the more I tried the more I failed and after a while I gave in to the thoughts and realized how COLD my heart had gotten. The sam...