I wonder what my mother felt at night,As something burrowed in my skull and sat itself heavytill blood turned bone,And my eyes took restIn the place where the burrowing thing died. I didn’t know that I’d look like so many people I feel but have never seen before. When I see the dark under my […]
The afterthought of you is stale and gaping. I don’t like what it means to like myself. Honouring yourself is lonely, There is an inevitable comedown, Putting yourself first creates space, pedestalling even and I never wanted to be on top I thought you would walk across to me, Like you said you would. I […]
We spend so much time understanding the other. Talking about the other. Validating their existence, their experiences, their feelings, their actions. But do you know that you are allowed? Do you know that you are also unconditionally loved. Totally seen Totally accepted Totally cupped. Nothing is held against you. In every single passing second. Your […]
Water seeps through. It is 6:30 am. Someone rinses my window from the ground outside and the floor inside is wet. My kittens and I watched. Three months alive and I, well into my second decade, saw something new together. Today I am re-opened in yearning to connect. Please say hi to me.
I’m naked on a rooftop; I can see the city. It’s a gorgeous location and my bed takes my body like an angel. I’ve eaten good food, my stomach purrs, heavy and satiated and I keep stroking my thigh, undeniably softer in recent years. I think its so romantic to have my curtains up like […]
The sun is up again and anything goes. The tree beside my window is budding and I feel patronised because I thought she was dead. Like I thought she was one of those collections of branches that are also trees but not the sexy ones. But she’s peacocking, virile. And I’m like ok, what do […]
