i met a superhero

inspired by lauv's song superhero. please listen in the background whilst reading. would love to hear your thoughts ❤ sometimes people come into your lifeand make the shades of colouryou see so much prettier and enticing than it used to be;all of a sudden the comfort you find in chaosno longer seems appealing,and the long …

all the demons & angels keep shouting at me

and all the demonsand angelskeep shouting at me -i'm clingingto the edge of sanity,so tell me if the fall from gracewill be painless? nothing in hellscares meand no place in heavenentices meand existence doesn'ttempt me;society is tryingto resuscitate me whilstcrushing my insides. and all theseangels and demonsseem to leave meat the mercyof my own conscience;i …

if i die young

if i die young,i want to be buriedknowing my heart feltall it couldand my dreamswere unleashed fromthe realms of myimagination;if i die youngi don't wantmy unspoken wordsto be regretsor have diednot sayingi love youto the oneswhom my heartbelongs to. if i die young,i want to haveexperienced liferather than havecoexisted with it;i want to havebeen happy …

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 …

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 …

unresponsive

i stay offline aeroplane mode pattering keyboard fingers dead, vibrating buzzes of messages silent the flickering light of notifications resting the battery sleeping, voice calls not going through network disconnected´ the person you are trying to call is unavailable welcome to three voicemail, one tick last seen 27/10/15 unresponsive uncaring not fearful of shoving people …

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 …