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As I turn twenty-nine,How do I feel?Excited, anxious or just calm?The truth is I don't know.Do I look backAt the 28 that was,Or in a way wasn't in 2020?The truth is I don't know.Do I look forwardLike every other year,Like every other saying?The truth is I don't know.What I do know is this.I am alive.I [...]

Today’s Tiny Tale: Crown of Flowers

To everyone's surprise, she passed the crown of jewels. Instead, she chose the crown of flowers. Wearing that, finally, she felt like a queen.

Remember Me

Don't remember me For the mistakes I make. For those in the past Are certainly not going to be my last. Remember me For how I make amends. Every now and then, Even when I leave you wondering when. Don't remember me For what I say. For I may not have said As much as [...]

Today’s Tiny Tale: All Love

The hate was all love. The hurt was all love. It was all love. Always.

I Don’t Know You Anymore

I don't know you anymore Like I used to before, Like I thought I always would, Like I wish I could. I don't know you anymore Or the feelings of your inner core, Or the fake laugh you force out, Or the words you shout. I don't know you anymore Inspite of that old dress [...]

To All the Single Ladies

I know exactly how you feel because I am single too. If anything, this is a heart to heart, to let you know that you are not the only one feeling the way you do. There's someone else too. In fact, many. Let's start from the beginning. There's a reason I refrained from calling you [...]

Lump in the Throat

What is that lump in the throat? That feeling of muscle contraction, Which leaves us a little breathless? It is that subdued yearning. That feeling which has been repressed. All those words left unspoken. How nice it would be To get done with them, To get over the lump.

Those Last Few Hours Before Another Birthday

How do you feel just a few hours before you turn another year old? For kids, it is excitement. For teens, anticipation. For those who have seen quite a few of these, it stops mattering altogether (or so they say). But for some, especially those in the bracket of twenty-five to thirty, it's a bit [...]

What if He IS “the One”

As my friend went on about everything that attracted her to a certain guy as well as the one critical point that made her feel that it won't work out between them, I listened carefully. And patiently. She had been over it quite a few times. Her inner tussle was proof enough that she so [...]

Compliment or Not

"Am I supposed to take it as a compliment? Or not?" Sometimes said aloud, sometimes thought silently, the above line resonates with most of us. At times, people say such smartly-phrased things that we don't really know what to make of them. If they were positive or negative remains unclear. Worse still, there are times [...]