We walk through life carrying pain and hurt that others have inflicted on us. We feel entitled to carry the hurt and pain, we own the pain and hurt like an asset. This is so wrong. It is an injustice to our mind, body and soul. Whereas the people who inflicted this pain and hurt…… Continue reading Your Power
An Attempt To Feel Again: Ground Zero
they were hidden but didn’t know they were silenced, yet, they were feelings too abstract to explain, and the content of their character was too shallow to divulge, but make no mistake, as their queen mother I’m just as culpable, leaving no room for error, but plenty for resentment, if the tap-tapping of rain on…… Continue reading An Attempt To Feel Again: Ground Zero
Wrapped 🥂
The year 2022 is packing up, we are at the end of this chapter, I don’t know about you but for me and people close to me 2022 has been a roller coaster ride. A lot of bumps and stops, ups and downs but we survived the fierce ride. However the year went for you,…… Continue reading Wrapped 🥂
Writing To Exhale
when all else falls short, writing is a marvellous escape, poetry is elegance, beauty, wit and grace all wrapped up and baked in a beautiful pie, writing for me is healing, i could go on an adventure under the covers at night, and my mind races like a cheetah, when I write, i write to…… Continue reading Writing To Exhale
Break Me
You can’t break my soul.You won’t break my bones.A different breed with a special kind of gene.A cat with nine lives.Try again next time, but this time intensify the heat. You can shatter my spirit But it will rise with the sun Weeping may endure for a night, but joy,Oh! Joy, comes in the morning.You…… Continue reading Break Me
Somewhere Beyond The Shores
that’s where you’ll find me, hiding, making sure i bother no one, praying, that somehow i’ll find the peace i’m looking for, that somehow i’ll leave unscathed by the anxiety grazing my heart, that when i wake up in the morning it’ll be like old times, with a big smile on my face saying “thank…… Continue reading Somewhere Beyond The Shores
Dear Body
Dear Body, This year I put you through a lot. You had to go through so many changes and phases that too on very short notice. You were tested physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually. You had to go through a lot of stress, less sleep, less food, early mornings, you name them! To say I…… Continue reading Dear Body
A Very Underwhelming Attempt To Make It Seem Like I’m Writing About Someone Else
when i say this you can think up a dry joke if you may, if you care to know how enviable it is to know that someone knows the ins and outs of you, there’s someone you answer to, someone who knows your deepest darkest secrets, someone you share your ups and downs with, just…… Continue reading A Very Underwhelming Attempt To Make It Seem Like I’m Writing About Someone Else
In the Silence
In the silence, I learnt to find my voice.Speaking back to me was the echoBetter than real people offering solutions to problems they had never encountered.Telling you things and you question their motives.In the silence, I heard my intuition.I harnessed it so good, now it works like a genie 🧞♀️ Your voice will tell you…… Continue reading In the Silence
Party For One
forget the fact that it’s lonely at the top, the same is true even here, it’s a party of one, it’s like an empty solo cup, no music andsilence… at some point of everyone’s life it feels like a party of one, and the feeling of hopelessness engulfs you like a fire, it shakes you…… Continue reading Party For One
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