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A review by aish_dols
Letter, Stamps and Seals. by Olohuntosin Agbaje Omolara
4.0
"The problem with making people your major source of serotonin is that when they leave, your soul becomes an apocalyptic ghost town"
We can't deny that every soul has that need for another, and will dangerously nurture hope to actualize that need but what happens when it goes south?
In Omolara Abgaje's ♡Letters, Stamps & Seals♡, I had one too many reflections. Flipping the pages is hearing the voice of the protagonist deal with herself and unrequited love. There's heavy vulnerability, that you know the protagonist was hurting, trying to heal, screaming for freedom from captivity, wanted to be let loose from a sticky web of unreliable emotions that spilled anxiety, self doubt and whatnot.
It really is dangerous to attach ourselves to people, that we tend to dim in the shadows of a light that we, in fact, did illuminate around these people. We tend to look up towards them when we, put them that high on that pedestal. It's creating a force that is fueled by your mind yet allowing it to swallow you.
Even with requited love, each person must have their own space for breathing, for growth. There's much strength in learning how to be with someone yet loving you and not losing who you are, because forming a bond and connection with oneself is very powerful and freeing. This is why I love the last letter, and how the book itself ended.
"We are no longer a war-ravaged country. We no longer wake up with our stomach tied up in knots and our heart an empty vacant space. You're probably shaking your head in disbelief now but you have to believe me." - Letters, Stamps & Seals // Omolara Agbaje.
We can't deny that every soul has that need for another, and will dangerously nurture hope to actualize that need but what happens when it goes south?
In Omolara Abgaje's ♡Letters, Stamps & Seals♡, I had one too many reflections. Flipping the pages is hearing the voice of the protagonist deal with herself and unrequited love. There's heavy vulnerability, that you know the protagonist was hurting, trying to heal, screaming for freedom from captivity, wanted to be let loose from a sticky web of unreliable emotions that spilled anxiety, self doubt and whatnot.
It really is dangerous to attach ourselves to people, that we tend to dim in the shadows of a light that we, in fact, did illuminate around these people. We tend to look up towards them when we, put them that high on that pedestal. It's creating a force that is fueled by your mind yet allowing it to swallow you.
Even with requited love, each person must have their own space for breathing, for growth. There's much strength in learning how to be with someone yet loving you and not losing who you are, because forming a bond and connection with oneself is very powerful and freeing. This is why I love the last letter, and how the book itself ended.
"We are no longer a war-ravaged country. We no longer wake up with our stomach tied up in knots and our heart an empty vacant space. You're probably shaking your head in disbelief now but you have to believe me." - Letters, Stamps & Seals // Omolara Agbaje.