I took a bite of my chicken

You licked your ice cream

And the taste of it

The sweetness of it

On our tongues,

It tasted like love.

The spices,

In my mouth

The sugars on your tongue

You loved chocolate

I loathed it

I preferred butterscotch

But it tasted like love.

What we had wasn’t love

It was the idea of it.

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Gloria Nyagaka is Kenyan and just completed her Bachelor's degree in Geology.

She has been a writer for six years now. Her manuscript is the biggest project she’s ever done, a modern romantic thriller, is in the hands of her literary agent. It is a book that expresses great female characters and the strength of a woman at large. She mostly campaigns against women violence and for freedom for women to choose. She also focuses on how great women have changed the world, Michelle Obama, Serena Williams, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and others. She is a swimmer, a swim coach, a Taekwondoka, hockey player, and a dancer.