ticket to nowhere

I came across a drawer loaded with forgotten volumes of personal written journals and I’ve found myself longing to once again take up journalling. It is an innocent yearning rooted in a romanticised notion of daydreams. A longing that has seen me envisioning writing away under the dappled light of encroaching trees, my sidekick faithfully […]

new frontier

It has been some time since I wrote you a letter. And sadly the past twelve months have been much like the past decade; as uneventful as ever. Only one slight difference being the current pandemic. A stagnancy and despair now shared worldwide. Last year was taxing on my mental health and emotional state. Having […]

she’s never coming back

All weekend I’ve been drowning in languidness. The disappointment that came on Friday has seen me plummet into a deep and dark depression. Between moments of tearful hysterics I find myself in fits of rage, pleading to the Universe for answers to my questions. The ensuing silence only adding to my anger. At times I’m […]

just one yesterday

As we draw near to the end of another year, I can’t help but look back in despair. For I spent the vast majority of it clinging to hope of better days, even as my world crumbled beneath me. This year began utterly sour with homelessness encroaching. And while others jubilated for the promise of […]

oh, make me over

I lay in bed feeling heavy bass reverberating through the street from a house party in close proximity. Those boisterous cheers and subsequential clapping in sync to the beat have me rather envious. A part of me longing to carouse alongside the youth. Dressed in a short playsuit and ridiculously uncomfortable heels and made up with […]

the beauty of the shadows

I sit here in silence. An empty shell; enveloped in numbness. My exterior deceptive of the bitter turmoil that rages within; however I relinquish control of a tear or three. Your words are like daggers that pierce straight through and rip my entire being wide open. And you, completely unaware how your cruelty affects me […]