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Category: Poetry & prose

  • I need to stop watching the clock

    I need to stop watching the clock

    My mind has been so loud lately, impatience seeping from every thought. Impatience for what, I don’t know. For something new, for the leaves to turn brown, for writing inspiration, for my hair to grow out, for life. Time seems to be moving so fast I forget I exist right now, too. This summer taught…

    Read more: I need to stop watching the clock
    August 15, 2022
  • Hell is where the sun is (an ode to summertime sadness)

    Hell is where the sun is (an ode to summertime sadness)

    I’m ready for summer to be over. I’m tired of the sun rubbing me raw, skin and soul and everything in between. All is laid bare in this glaring light and I hate being forced to honesty. Summer will make you feel guilty for hiding away until you drag your sadness out of the shadows…

    Read more: Hell is where the sun is (an ode to summertime sadness)
    August 10, 2022
  • Autobiography – a story of my home in prose

    Autobiography – a story of my home in prose

    Do you want to see my home? Please, step through the door. Come in. Here’s the desk I haven’t been writing at – I guess that makes it the same as any other corner of my house. Sorry, I don’t know why I showed you. Here’s the long-empty bottle of gin left by a man…

    Read more: Autobiography – a story of my home in prose
    June 8, 2022

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