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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 [...]

A Love Like… Food

I want a love A lot like food. Not just any food, But my favourite kind. Not any more, Not any less, Just right, According to my senses. The kind which Even when not in form, Still is heartwarming, Still means home. No day can wreak Enough havoc That this food Can't overcome. Whose thought [...]

Today’s Tiny Tale: Shine

He was never enough for her. He wondered how he could shine, even if a little, for her. It turned out he was someone else's sun.

What I Am Like

He asked me, “So, what are you like?” I smiled. And took a long breath. “I am the girl you might like at first sight. But slowly, I will drive you crazy. Then you will drift away. As you stay away from me, you will miss me and come back to me. That is when [...]

Strong Tears

Tears they are. Yet weak is not who we are. Fall they do. Yet fully fail is not what we do. For these are strong tears. Watery they are. Yet more than water we are. Slippery they are. Yet quite firm we are. For these are strong tears. Rush they do. Yet skipping stuff is [...]

Beauty

Beauty - that subjective word! What's beautiful to me Is horrendous to you. What makes me go, "Awww..." Makes you go, "Ewww..." Beauty - that glorified word! If it's not beautiful, It's a little wrong. If it's not eye-pleasing, It ought to be rectified. Beauty - that inspirational word! Look for beauty To make beautiful [...]

What’s in a Name?

The name we go by becomes our identity. It is something we hear innumerable times each day and every single time, we pay attention when it's taken. It is what we are introduced as to people we might have never even come across. So many emotions connected to us ring in the hearts of people [...]

So Like Me

Prim and proper on the outside, A mess within. Articulate on the outside, Stumbling for words within. Bubbling with creativity on the outside, Bored to death within. Surely a weirdly unique piece, We thought to ourselves. Till someone stumped us with, "Oh, you are so like me!" And became one part of a weird twosome, [...]