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Raw
Friday 31st January 2025 I want to say the scenary of unconscious, cut open bodies, laid back flat on the operation theatre has given me the chills, and instilled in me a feeling I will never be able to shake off.But no.I am unphased and nonchalant; brain frozen; nerves slackened. Utter stagnation.Not a defensive mechanism,…
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Delayed expressed love
‘On grief…’ Friday, January 20th 20239:14 pm Hi there, been a while..I’m on my way back from my grandparents’. Fridays are always calm and quiet. The loudest sounds are my thoughts. Even those are stronger than the sometimes brutal voices in my head. They are days of reflecting meticulously yet smoothly, and really without effort,…
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The collateral beauty of death
7 pm isn’t really a time for my creative writing but I’ll tell you this. As folly as it sounds, I have a quote from a movie that’s been stuck in my mind for over a year now. Actually, for years. “Don’t forget to notice the collateral beauty” What a weird sentence to use to…
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Lamenting the remnants of my home

Saturday May 27th 2023 6:34 am My cheeks are plump, moist and cold from tears that have been shed not so long ago; about 3 minutes ago.It’s that time of the day again. My time of casually and randomly yet precisely getting overwhelmed with pain. Pain for my country. Pain for my beloved people. Pain…

“To be running breathlessly, but not yet arrived, is itself delightful, a suspended moment of living hope.”