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Derick Isaac Ogwang
Oct 25, 202416 min read
THE LOVE THAT NEVER MADE IT
Love often whispers sweetly, promising warmth and connection, but its true weight is revealed only in the quiet shadows. What begins as a...
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Derick Isaac Ogwang
Sep 3, 20244 min read
DREAMS
Dreams are a representation of our hopes and faith. We all carry them—some small and comforting, others bold and intimidating. Yet, every...
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Derick Isaac Ogwang
Jul 23, 20248 min read
FIRST HEARTBREAK
Have you ever witnessed the sting of a first heartbreak? The kind that leaves you questioning everything you thought you knew about love...
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Derick Isaac Ogwang
Jul 6, 20246 min read
A SON'S TRIBUTE
“Life isn't always about joy; it's okay to face dark days and let those tears flow when you can't hold them back. It doesn't make us...
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Derick Isaac Ogwang
Jun 5, 20246 min read
CLOSURE
Guilt, that insidious venom, coils within, consuming from the inside out. It wages a relentless war—a battle fought on the most intimate...
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Derick Isaac Ogwang
May 8, 20245 min read
THE LAST LETTER
Why hold someone for something they did while they were only naïve? Oh yes, you did teach me a tough lesson and alter my mindset on...
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Derick Isaac Ogwang
Apr 17, 20245 min read
A NOTE TO BOY-BOY
‘Growing up, I was called Boy-boy at home, and some people still call me Boy to date, so I wrote a note to my young self’ Hey boy, how’re...
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Derick Isaac Ogwang
Mar 25, 20246 min read
THE IMPERFECT LOVER
To all the girls I have ever loved: I don’t really know because I was told that you only love deeply once in your lifetime. Weeks later,...
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Derick Isaac Ogwang
Feb 24, 202410 min read
TO ALL THE GIRLS I HAVE EVER LOVED
We all have stories to tell, nightmares to forget, and fairy-tales yet to come true. Love is supposed to be magical, soothing, and...
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Derick Isaac Ogwang
Jan 25, 20248 min read
A LETTER TO APIO
Some things are easier to get than hold on to, like money, friendship, or love. Finding love is easy, but staying in love? I’m still...
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Derick Isaac Ogwang
Dec 30, 20236 min read
"PRIDE AND WORRY"
“It is never a straight line, rather a long road with lots of ups and downs!” The teen age is the most treasured in one’s life. It is a...
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Derick Isaac Ogwang
Nov 7, 20235 min read
THE PERFECT SHORTS
“If you don’t face your demons, they’ll eat you alive” 30 minutes in and I still have nothing to pen down. I thought I would summarize up...
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Derick Isaac Ogwang
May 10, 20236 min read
MY PAIN
“…but I do recall everything you taught me, it made me a man, a good man I think.” Real death happens in one’s mind. This is a sad piece,...
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Derick Isaac Ogwang
Apr 17, 20234 min read
24? You’re kidding right!
“The Gregorian calendar divulges a Sunday, time? The ‘culprit’ hardly reminiscences but it had to be dark I contemplate, my skin-tone...
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Derick Isaac Ogwang
Feb 15, 20237 min read
THE IMPERFECT CHILD.
“Words are the most powerful thing in the universe….Words are containers. They contain faith or fear, and they produce after their kind”...
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