Efik people say Tebede Tebede

I wonder what Ibibio people say

The English man says Badoom Badoom

I guess by now you can tell that I'm talking about Onomatopoeias.

But this time, they aren't, in themselves, the subject of the formula (matix matix in man's voice😅)

I want to talk about the way my heart beats to an imaginary drum when I see his name across my screen. Badoom, Badoom, badoom. Or like my Nigerian people say "my heart is doing gbish gbish"

Maybe the proper word would be tremble. My mind trembles at the thought of you. Yeah?

I want to talk about how I take deep calming breaths to stop myself from bursting forth in words

I want to talk about how much a single "hey" is enough to make me miss him so much

I want to talk about how I'm writing him a note and scheduling it for the future and then somehow it's his name I see up there.

I miss him.

I miss the way the "hey" would sound in his voice if he were here.

I miss the eye roll he'd put up when I sneak up on him with a camera(I mean he tries buy he hasn't perfected the art yet😂)

I'm yet to find the song that'll perfectly describe this

My friend, Small Otu, he says that one day, you'll be looking at the sunset in pink shorts, by the window, sipping a glass of something sweet, then it'll hit you.

Whatever hits people, whatever he means, he's right. It hit me today.