Psychoanalysis – 1930s

Psychoanalytic Criticism requires readers to consider how the repressed and unconscious mind may affect character's relationships with others, or contribute towards particular behaviours or themes exhibited by individuals. This literary theory is not only reserved for the characters of a text, but can also be applied to the author in question. As readers, we are …

earn your love

all my lifei've been trying to earn your love,clambering away in denial, or perhapsdesperation - how is it that loveis being sought? lovethat should be bestowed unconditionally what the hell islove supposed to feellike - everything i touchcrumbles. self sabotage at the best, mistaking poision for love, and love for poision. and now my angeris …

You can’t outrun what’s due for you, my darling

I'd tell my younger self To not give away her love for free; It should be earned And she should keep in mind That no one has the right To belittle her experiences Just so that she can slot into their visions. I'd tell her it's okay to Let people go, it's okay to be …

she’s a woman

falling stars

Stars fall aimlessly out of the sky Into your clasped palms It all feels foreign to you Because you don't recall Wishing on a shooting star And for the first time In a while You think Everything will be alright You think Everything will work out You believe If things are meant to be It'll …