We are all sheets with creasesfolded intricatelya line for each year, each pain, and each loss.Every laugh, every gain, and every loveare contours on our skin.How many scars have been knitted behind our smiles?How many stories are stitched between the grooves of our hands?We were not sewn to be ironed out.We are here to be … Read more
After seven days had passed, I couldn’t remember a thing. I realised that I had lived, and time had flown. Like a dandelion’s feathers on the wind, I had been drifting, but I did not feel lost. There was clarity after the oblivion. There was purpose after the wandering.But was it me who had lived? … Read more
Breathe in. Breathe out. Blood and oxygen. Life. Close your eyes, listen to that beat. With each passing second, the full magic of existence flows through you, yet we are often untuned. Disconnected. Connected to the wrong things at the wrong time and to the wrong people, wedged between our love for working ourselves sick … Read more
The night gives herself to me like the ocean does the moon.My pen gravitates towards the indigo lights strung together around her neck like sapphires…What would you like to see this time? She asks. And each time, my answer is the same. The other side, I reply.Knowing full well the price of dreams, and the … Read more
There are two of them. They slumber in their nest. Lanky limbs intertwine despite the African heat and their breathing mirrors the season’s kiss. The one is soft, infant-like, with large pokey eyes and a pointed snout. Her hair flaps around her, unveiling pink ears and a wishbone scar. In her limbo, she seems aware … Read more