LIFE

  • Across the sea

    Unfurling the sails of my writing journey I am wallowing in so much regret and self-pity for abandoning my first love. And for what? For years of misdirection, stagnation, and even worse— regression? I am a daughter of an English Major. My childhood was filled with different types of children’s literature. Growing older, my tastes Read more

  • Game of life

    Around July of this year, my fixation on cozy gaming started. I never thought it would be something I would appreciate and learn life lessons from. But these life sims made me realise that I can simulate games in real life, too. 󠁯•󠁏󠁏 󠁯🌿 •󠁏󠁏 For too long now, Too many things in life felt Read more

  • Stop This Train

    There is a block. Something like a wall. Or perhaps something like a chain? There is a force that is paralysing every bit of me. I can’t make my feet move. I can’t make my brain think. I can’t make my heart care. I am at a mountain gap, and I can’t decide if I Read more

  • They say “Rome wasn’t built in a day.”, “Progress takes time. Progress takes effort.” These days though, I find myself complaining again and again about not having enough time in a day to build the habits and skills that I want to. But who am I going to fight about it? Does the universe have Read more

  • Genre: Fiction, Series Summary: Two strangers’ discussion about the current state of civilization She went inside the establishment, not at all flustered considering she has never been inside one before. She had no idea what kind of bar it was. She was too rattled. She just needed a drink. Today was supposed to be the Read more

  • [Prose] Open Ending

    I fell into the ocean. Once, twice, three times. Once. I welcomed the water. I sunk deeper and deeper until I was compact, pressed from all sides. After a while, I noticed that no matter how deep, there was that light. The light that blindsided me; that which sent me down, down, down. Down the Read more

  • The beauty of aging lies in the ease in which we accept rejection, because we’ve dealt with much more in the past. The beauty of aging lies in the resilience of our souls to pursue those of which may be less coveted but have deeper value. The beauty of aging lies in the comfort and Read more

  • Remember when your dreams were big, but your house was small?  Your body was brimming with energy, but there wasn’t enough room to move. Remember the words, “If only… then I could…”? Your current circumstance is so full of limitations, that you’re so impatient to break free- break free from college, from grades, from your Read more