I feel a sense of gravity In the pit of my stomach. And sometimes when you’re far away, And you’re not close enough to pull, It turns in on itself. And the centre of me collapses Like a black hole. . We’re too hungry to fight it So we hurtle towards each other till we …
I first wrote this on the 14th of August, 2019, for a debate speech, and recently rewrote it. The result is a somewhat well-formatted rant. I’m posting it on Independence Day, 2020, to remind readers in my own small way that discourse is what makes a democracy. We need to keep fearlessly reassessing where we …
Happiness was like a chipping yellow monkey bar, always just out of reach. I spend my time jumping up until I get a hold of it, and then I hold on tight till my fingers get sweaty and aching and my hands start to slip. Then it’s back down. Then it’s back to jumping. * …
Let’s never change. No – Let’s let some things stay the same. Keyframe. Anchor. Home. 9.6.2020
In a second: I’m seeing your eyes and your face when you’re looking down upon me. I expect to see hatred in your eyes and anger in your face, but in the moment before my eyes close, I see instead that there is blindness and blankness. You hate me for being born the way I …
You thought you were drowning and I said to you: “Drowning is a luxury we aren’t allowed. You know why? Because we don’t let ourselves. When it comes down to it, We don’t let ourselves drown.” And then you thought you were the weight around my ankle and I said to you: “If it comes …
There is a certain Self preservation in the Way that I love you. 17.5.2020
I led you to a room in the centre of darkness Where no light reached. And I said to you, “Tell me anything, For here no one can see us or hear us, Not even our shadows.” “Here,” i said, “We have nothing to fear.” And you saw me in the dark and you said …
Forwarded messages, reddit memes, chats with histrionic neighbours: ever since we’ve been unwittingly forced into quarantine by the global pandemic, the coronavirus has been all we can talk about. Every great villain has an origin story, and there has been no shortage of interest regarding the source of this “novel” threat. While there was the …
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