the thing about life

life is too unpredictable to be complacent, and too beautiful to have to waste time burying regrets. we often wander around wearing masks that cloak our personalities, and speak in tongues that betray our authentic opinions. we settle for less because we want to please strangers and acquaintances, and cater to the envy, spite, gas-lighting …

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may 2020 – monthly wrap up

hey! welcome to my monthly wrap up post where i look back and reflect on the shenanigans of life! i would love to hear how may treated you so do swing by in the comments! moments i'm proud of: i started studying again as soon as april ended. and i've stuck to my routine which …

he said i was perfect

he said i was perfect yet let his eyes wander to girls with more curves and prettier faces and educate me on what sexy is and told me not to worry - god has given us science, and there's nothing surgery can't fix; of course - that's if you're unhappy darling, with your body, he'd …

hostage

i've been treading the path i've been taking at gunpoint but it's only now that i realise it's you that's been holding me hostage all this time. i would have traded my smile for yours given up sleep wasted away idle hours in your company obsessed over anything and everything with you sacrificed the rewards …

there’s this sadness gnawing away

there's this sadness gnawing away at my bones; it lurks inside my soul and feeds off my thoughts. i tried to kill it but my conscience kept resuscitating it; i think my heart fell in love with the way it remains loyal to me in a way no one else can be. i'm tired of …

he traded us

he loves drinking and the drink seems to love him; no care it seems neither has for the world. he traded his wife's love for the one of a bottle, gambled away his kids' love to the off licence corner shops; more loyal to the alcohol than to his work schedule alas it seems no …

who’s the villain?

Save me from myself as i can’t seem to conquer the darkness surrounding me. who’s the villain, when i’m trying to pacify the doubts in my head? who’s right, when i’ve lost all sense of identity? i make it so easy to run away from the good times; i don’t like it when i realise …

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april 2020 – monthly wrap up

sup! welcome to my monthly wrap up post where i look back and reflect on the shenanigans of life! i would love to hear what you got up to in april too so do stop by in the comments! moments i’m proud of: been posting piano covers quite consistently and had a few features on …