Do you believe in karma? Perhaps karmadoesn’t always arriveas punishment. Perhaps sometimesit arrives as a person. A person who doesn’t love you enough.Who doesn’t listen carefully.Who touches you carelesslyor doesn’t touch you at all.Who makes you questionwhether you are asking for too muchwhen all you are asking foris […]
The other day I had a small, suspicious thought. What if some of us are a little bit addicted to sadness? Not the catastrophic kind.Not the kind that requires medical intervention and casseroles. I mean the specific, curated sadness many of us seem to carry around like a […]
January has always felt like a strange month. It’s long, gray, and stretched thin like an old rubber band about to snap. People talk about “new beginnings,” resolutions, fresh starts. But for some of us, January is not a clean slate. It’s a ledger of losses. I’ve lost […]
There are some songs that feel less like music and more like an excavation — digging through layers of past hurt, survival, grit, and finally, fragile hope. Kesha’s “Praying” is one of those songs for me. It’s not just a melody; it’s a full body memory, a tremor […]
Sitting in a vat of trauma, I soak in memories etched deep, The echoes of a thousand cries, Breaking through the walls of sleep. Walking in the footsteps of pain, Each step heavier than the last, The path is worn, the ground is hard, By the burdens of […]
What’s your favorite month of the year? Why? January used to be one of my favored months. It held the promise of new beginnings, fresh starts, and the excitement of a year brimming with possibility. There was something about the crisp, cold air and the blank slate of […]
There’s a flutter in my heart when I hear his laugh— a sound that slices through the heavy ache, the tangled knots. It doesn’t erase the pain, but it chops it down to size, lessens it just a bit, gives me a taste of hope. Laughter is a […]
Describe your life in an alternate universe. In the whispers of time, I trace your name, A friendship not yet born, a flickering flame. I wish I’d known you in days long gone, Before life’s wear and tear, before the dawn. I wish I still knew the child […]
The branches are all strewn about,In chaos, nature’s silent shout.My heart weeps knowing all that you tried,Every effort, every tear, every sigh. In that one moment we lost each other all,In that one moment my humanity went numb.In that one moment you fell down,A silent collapse, without a […]
In a dance of letdowns, a waltz of dismay,Where promises crumble, hopes in disarray.Those meant to lift falter, a hand unsteady,Disappointment’s shadow, heavy and heady. A wish, a plea, for a truer rapport,Not just words tossed, leaving the heart sore.Communication unsteady, like a flickering flame,Desiring a dialogue, not […]
