It all started when her father taught her to never answer back. He got drunk and shouted a lot. She thought that’s what strength was. No matter how loud she made her voice, her tiny frame was always overwhelmed by the shadows of men. Men who liked her feistiness but only in bed. Men whoContinue reading “Stupor”
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A New Name
I woke up this morning, and in my extremely groggy state, one thought entered my mind, but it was so piercingly clear that I acted on it immediately—I needed to change my blog’s name. I stopped posting for almost a year, mostly because I got very busy. But when I woke up this morning, IContinue reading “A New Name”
A Response to All the Excess Baggage
I previously posted this on Facebook, but I’ve decided to post it also here. It has just recently come to my attention that my ex (hereon referred to as “X”) has been talking about me on YouTube and in an online blog in an extremely unfavourable manner. I am far from faultless (and I’ve longContinue reading “A Response to All the Excess Baggage”
Still Life
Who am i a one-legged soldier drafted for war facing bullets without needing worn-out sympathy eyes shut waiting for sweet release Where am i alone in an untrodden forest drawn to dreams of rabbitholes that lead nowhere waking up trapped in skin that sags from pretending What am i just a pebble that makes noContinue reading “Still Life”
