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Satellites, Not Partners I used to tell myself that what I had with Marte was just a friendship. But looking at it now, it wasnβt platonic at all β it…
Under The Surface
Fear moulds the surface, but never heals what is beneath. It just teaches kids to hide betterβto flinch faster. Not to understand, not to trust, and not to respect. Respect…
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Instead of giving advice or warnings, just tell them the truths you wish they would have known. Say what you could not say back then. Let them know how their…
The Boy Who Sang The Sky Open
Once, in the place where souls draft stories before they are born, there was a woman made of ink and ocean. She had eyes like tide-pools and hands that stitched…
Love Of My Life
In relationship therapy, I once took a test that scored me remarkably low on commitment. The results were politely blunt: You do not really see the point, do you? Rudeβbut…
Yet another plot twist
That moment when the fog lifts and suddenly you notice: βwho brought you tea without asking. βwho remembered your favorite song. βwho sent you that meme that made you belly…
Memory Lane
βYour Honour, I come bearing receipts, both metaphorical and literal. I catalogue history. I archive presence. And I must report a major anomaly.β [She pulls out a large, gilded tome…
πΏ True Redemption vs. The Audun Show.
True Redemption Subtle. Quiet. Inconvenient. Long. It does not announce itself. It shows up consistently over time. It centres the harmed. Not the harmer. It is less βlook how I…
ββ΄οΈΛｑβLive
Everything is alive. Not in some twee, metaphoric wayβbut in essence. In trill, pulse, in a presence. I am not animating the worldβ I can hear it singing already. A…
π¦Ή Whispered Spell
I have insomnia. Not the kind that sleep CBT can suss out in 7-45 working days. Heavy narcotics hardly do the job either. It is, "No one will come. You…
κ© Tea Time
By the time I reach for my morning tea, it is cold. What is meant to comfort me is a tepid cup that tastes like a sigh. It was not…