What We Were vs What We Were Not
We were constellation logicโ Fire and air and steel and storm, A promise whispered by our stars To ignite and rebuild something more. We were blueprint loversโ The kind they…
Proximity Laundering
I started noticing ย when someone I knew explained a questionable connection by saying the other person โwent to school with some of my friends.โ But the age gap was over…
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โIt is Just a Preferenceโฆโ
(Is Not the Excuse You Think It Is.) Let us begin with the definition. Prejudice /หprejษdษs/ An adverse opinion formed without just grounds or before sufficient knowledge. An irrational attitude…
Love is not a spotlight
To lie about being in love with someone is to steal from them. It is not just a fibโit is an emotional heist. You are not just misrepresenting your feelings.…
Reply to The War
(Read the original post here) The โenemyโ starts dehumanised. As it often does in war. They spawn from the ground; they are pests, invaders. Emotion is present early on, but…
Occasionally Sincere
Rewrite This Like a Human: A Workbook for the Chronically Confused, Emotionally Constipated, and Occasionally Sincere (Subtitled: โThe Language of Grown-Ups Who Have Stopped Auditioning for Martyrdom.โ) Lesson One: โI…
Bigots
Let us dissemble the: โI donโt see colour because Iโve decided racism is mean and also please clapโ speech that Audun made the other day, okay?ย Translating that steaming…
Mandy and Francis
I sat on the carpet near his lazy-boy. He always told me his most personal truths in this position. Either looking down at me as I sat at his feet.…
The Survivor in the Stump
Somewhere between the quiet hum of summer and the whisper of the wind through the leaves, I stumbled upon a story carved into woodโa tree stump, but not quite a…
The Architect
During meditation, I heard (โOk now GO!โ like my higher self was giving me a full-body green light. This is not a journal entry but a sacred spell being cast).…
Under The Surface
Fear moulds the surface, but never heals what is beneath. It just teaches kids to hide betterโto flinch faster. Not to understand, not to trust, and not to respect. Respect…