MEMORIES OF MY BROKEN HEART

I read the contest theme again and again and I could only smile bleakly because it hit me straight to the pieces of my broken heart and brought back painful memories.

Dayo the guy who innocently broke my heart had been my colleague since my first year, we worked together, read and even led groups together but I never felt anything towards him until my final year. The relationship started so innocently and so beautifully, he was the first guy I would open my heart to and he loved me right back. The memories are making my eyes teary now but truthfully we were just too perfect together and I was considering for the first time in my life changing my stance on marriage.

Well, this was until a fateful Saturday morning I rushed over to his place to iron my clothes and I met this beautiful young girl on his bed. They were playing scrabble together and I desperately wanted to believe she was just a friend but his next words shattered me completely.

“Tolani, have you met my girlfriend?”

I stumbled blindly out of the room; my heart was broken forever, never to trust love again.