We’re so far away from home. Why, then, does this feel like home? This distance between us is foreign. Why, then, does it feel so familiar? No one has been on this path before. Why, then, is it downtrodden? Our homes are a mess and so are our hearts. Why, then, are our thoughts so tidy? Our minds are a…
Month: May 2021
What’s true and what’s not?
You went from being the reason I smiled the moment I woke up in the morning to the reason I cry myself to sleep. From being the glint in my eyes to the void filled in them. From being the dimples in my smile to the wrinkles in my frown. You were a breath of fresh air in the stale…
i am a girl
I’m still a girl yet to grow into the body of a goddess to be a woman there is a long journey that awaits I’m not yet a pearl still one with the wilderness but just you wait and watch me grow this girl will make time her accessory I won’t have my back curled I’ll be towering over you and…
Of boats and stars
‘No man is an island’ – John Donne It had been a long day and we had been away. The night was still young, our souls could be one like the poets say.We stood at the balcony, the air was cold. Almost as cold as the glare, the bus conductor gave me today when I held the queue for 9…