Tọlá Belva

Writer, poet, and a butterfly in her 𝘴𝘰𝘧𝘵 era.

Category: Notes

  • Life has a way of leaving marks on us—wounds from heartbreak, failure, or loss that can make us feel broken or unworthy. Yet, one of life’s sweetest gifts is finding someone who sees past the cracks and messiness to the beauty hidden underneath. Someone who doesn’t turn away from our flaws but leans in, uncovering…

  • Recently, I had a conversation with a friend—someone who has always believed in me, even when I doubted myself. She’s the one who encouraged me to keep writing, long before I found the courage to share my words or create my website to let anyone outside my own thoughts hear what I had to say.…

  • There are times when life feels still, like the calm before the storm. And then there are seasons like this—a season that roars with opportunity and pulses with promises. We are in a season of transformation, a golden time where everything we touch turns to gold, where our ideas take root and flourish, and where…

  • Every day presents countless opportunities to make choices that seem insignificant but hold the power to shape our character. Discipline isn’t about grand gestures or sweeping resolutions; it’s about the quiet, consistent actions that define who we are. Take something as simple as choosing to place a shopping cart back in its designated return area.…

  • Sophia sat quietly in her dorm room at Westwood University, staring at the walls as memories of the past year flooded her mind. She used to be the girl with a contagious laugh, a dreamer who could light up any room she entered. She aspired to become a psychologist, helping others how she’d always hoped…

  • Some relationships, like seasons, come to an end—and that’s okay. There are people I once held close, whose presence I cherished, but our paths have naturally diverged. The connection we shared, though meaningful, has shifted into a memory. This realization isn’t born of bitterness but from understanding that not all relationships are meant to last.…

  • In the quiet moments of our lives, when the world’s noise fades into a gentle hum, we often reflect on unfulfilled dreams. Once vivid and full of possibility, these aspirations can seem overshadowed by the ticking hands of a clock or the relentless march of a calendar. Yet, what if we paused to consider that…

  • Sophia sat quietly in her dorm room at Westwood University, staring at the walls as memories of the past year flooded her mind. She used to be the girl with a contagious laugh, a dreamer who could light up any room she entered. She aspired to become a psychologist, helping others how she’d always hoped…

  • The loony man looks at us, his eyes alight with an untamed wisdom,To him, we are the deranged, trapped in a world of fragile illusions.We, in turn, look upon him with quiet pity,Unaware that his mind sees more than ours ever could.When he approaches,We flee as if his presence were a plague,Our hearts pounding in the rhythm of…

  • In the quiet moments of our lives, when the world’s noise fades into a gentle hum, we often reflect on unfulfilled dreams. Once vivid and full of possibility, these aspirations can seem overshadowed by the ticking hands of a clock or the relentless march of a calendar. Yet, what if we paused to consider that…