Peace Nakiyemba

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Feb, 2020

Stories (30)

30 Stories

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“The Comfort of Tea” by Peace Nakiyemba

TW - Sickness of a loved one. I remember when she used to do this for me. This mundane everyday task of making tea. And now I have come to associate the motions of stirring and sipping with a love so deep and rich. I look over and see her gripping her blanket hard, the first sign that she’s having a bad day. She is so small now, almost disappearing into the plush seat. My gaze l...

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“Peanut_Butter” by Peace Nakiyemba

Do you want to go to the dance with me?Tick either Yes --- or No ---Dear Diary,J and I are spending a lot of time together. It’s insane! How we can sit together for hours and it feels like no time has passed or most insane of it all, how I keep wanting more. We sit in the library or go to the park and talk about everything and nothing. I think he is the coolest, smartest and most beautiful boy in our class.I like that he is very serious about his studies and Mummy is ...

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“All In A Day's Work” by Peace Nakiyemba

“Fork on the left, knife on the right, spoon at the top,” Nel mumbles. “Fold the napkin three times. Smooth out the folds to make it stick. Place in wine glass. Put handmade menu on the plate.” He provides the commentary for every move he makes. The table is not impressive in the least but he works with what he has. He places the table for two right in the entrance hallway. No way for them to miss it. It ...

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“Before They Ruled Us” by Peace Nakiyemba

They look like us.If you can ignore that their skin appears in the ‘wrong’ colour. So I heard Mama whisper at night. I don’t mind it. Their colour looks a lot like milk. Their skin looks it too, fragile. Like when it turns a furious red where it remains exposed to the sun. But they have eyes like we do even though the colour of their eyes is different, a nose like we do…even teeth like ours and it seems they use all of those parts the same we do. Mama will not listen to this logic. She calls them all sort of unseemly nam...

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“How to get away with loneliness.” by Peace Nakiyemba

You wouldn’t know just by staring at them that Tomi and Bataa suffer from a similar fate. Tomi with her big brown eyes and her bright green braids against her ebony skin, easy laugh and perky voice and outrageous fashion choices. Or Bataa with her quiet studious look, enforced by her owlish glasses, husky voice, and short hair perfectly framed together in her chocolate complexion.

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“The Compatibility Test” by Peace Nakiyemba

Boy.I don’t know why I let them talk me into this.I actually do but lets go with the first assertion. I don’t know why I let them talk me into this. I don’t even know how to navigate a first date anymore. The only person I have dated, till she ruthlessly broke me heart a week ago, was Jen. We were six years going on forever and then she claims that she didn’t see a future for us. Six years! A week is too early to be moving on, isn’t it?I tried to make all those guys see reason but Apo said...

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“Flamingo to Rose” by Peace Nakiyemba

I don’t know what I’m doing! Not a single clue. Not a single clue! Kids should come with manuals. And buttons. Especially for the crying. I think that would be a better way to turn it off. I’m so young to be doing this. So young to be responsible for another human being for the rest of its life. Or my life. Whichever. I shoul...

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“Once Strange, Twice Friendly” by Peace Nakiyemba

I watch them come in for breakfast like they do every Thursday morning. Just the two of them. They are always interesting to watch, polar opposites that get along so well. Theirs is the sort of friendship people write about, the kind everyone wants to be a part of. I don’t know much about them but I like their commitment to this weekly meeting. Some people may think that this kind of monotony is boring but I find that co...

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“Not Your Doctor!” by Peace Nakiyemba

‘University, ah! I remember my days there. You know, wild days where…’‘Dad, you told me this story yesterday. And the day before that. And the day before that. Really all I want…’‘So now, because you will be going off to university, you think you shouldn’t listen to your old man. If I have told you the story hundred times then you should be a good son and listen to it a thousand times. And don’t sigh out like that. I’m still your father.’‘Yes sir.’‘No girls! Don’t grin like that, I mean it. No drugs either. You...

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“A few grave truths” by Peace Nakiyemba

You are not usually superstitious but your horoscope for the day said you are going to meet someone from your past and you have walked around with that expectation, staring intently into stranger’s faces and taking your time on your walks around the campus so that you don’t lose your date with fate. Before you see who destiny has ...

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“Making Amends” by Peace Nakiyemba

For a very long he had considered the shell before him his second home. ‘It looks like it always has’ Tom mumbled to himself in awe. As though when he left, it had been encompassed in a time bubble. But then again, what had he really expected? His grandparents were meticulous people and not a single strand of hair fell out of place...

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“Marriage Fever.” by Peace Nakiyemba

Today is the day! I know it is. I also know that I’ve said this every two weeks when it’s his turn to plan our date night but there is something different about today. It doesn’t matter that there are no roses littered around our table when we walk up to it, his cologne is intoxicating enough and I’m sure the two of us add enough colour to the scenery. There are no candles on the table ei...

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“Free-fall” by Peace Nakiyemba

‘Just write.’ I repeat these words to myself. Because it is what she’s told me would be the cure. Like it’s easy! Even though ...

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“10th Anniversary.” by Peace Nakiyemba

LynI’ve put the most effort in this friendship. The most!Keeping time is a curse I may have to die with. The rest of them have never kept time and if you ask me that speaks volumes for how much they value this time…and the friendship. I tried to come late for it, but even thirty minutes late I’m still early for our reunion.

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“The Human within the N'Chusa” by Peace Nakiyemba

The stars blinked at him as though trying to reveal a secret. Morse code, he thought? But he had never ever bothered to learn it. Maybe there is another human, or humans, out there in space trying to find their way home back to earth. And they just want to know if earth is still habitable.He had never been much of a star gazer but it takes confinement to prompt you into new interests. Now he knew w...

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Author bio

I am so honoured that you have somehow, in the mix of all the beautiful writing on this platform, found your way here. 🤗 Hi! I'm Peace, a passionate lover of the written word. Don't be a stranger to the comment box 😉. I value your creative input on the pieces here. Also, I would love to read your works and engage more deeply and try to do so but discipline asks that I get on this platform on Thursdays and Fridays 😅. (Like seriously, it's so addictive, I was hardly doing anything else, you get me right?) Keep writing!!!! Peace out.