It seems as if the internet has collectively come to a consensus that 2025 has completely knocked the wind out of them. Like a sucker punch to the gut that has somehow caught you off guard, no matter how prepared you thought you were. And during this time of reflective resets, I can’t help butContinue reading “2025”
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I Thought I Was Crazy
This morning, memories of a bygone era popped up on my phone: a notification from Daylio. It read: New Memories 1 year ago A year. Only a year, yet it yawns like a chasm between then and now. The photo, him. A little ways off in the distance, walking down the track. We had goneContinue reading “I Thought I Was Crazy”
Star-bound Lovers
The clock ticks ever so slowly as it approaches tomorrow. In this moment, time has stalled. We’ve been transported into our own world as ‘Parisian Lovers’, separated from the canonical timeline, and while we’re here, dancing with you is all I would like to do. After all, midnight approaches and we will have to say ourContinue reading “Star-bound Lovers”
2024
I regret a lot of my 2024. I spent so long begging to be loved—begging for a sliver of people’s time and presence. I’ve stayed in relationships with people who, frankly, make me feel less than. And I am ashamed it took me so long to recognise that I allowed it to happen over andContinue reading “2024”
Gentle and Lowly
Strong. Why does everyone want to be strong? Only those who want to be strong don’t know the pain of having no choice but to be strong. Or perhaps they were tired of being weak. My friends tell me that I’m strong—the silent and reliable type who always knows what to do when things goContinue reading “Gentle and Lowly”
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