The self-soothing gestures are a bad sign. Hug me once you see them. As I move to hug the bones rattling beneath my skin, hold me tight. Say nothing. Whatever you do, say nothing, nothing at all. Squeeze my ribs. Let my rhythm of breathing synchronise itself with yours. Let me calm down as I focus on nothing but the embrace. Let my body tell you of all the pain it hid, all the misery, everything. Allow it to fall between your arms, defenceless. I want to think of nothing, ju

I want you to know her, that girl, yes, her with a back made of steel. She's never known joy, that girl, standing there. Her eyes always...

You are my child. I had you in my arms when I was a child. You nursed my soul when they hurt me. I pulled you closer to my chest. They...

She will manage it somehow. That "somehow" is my heavy breathing. It is these sweaty hands and sleepless nights. It means I have to...

I have newly discovered the beauty of short sentences it seems. Before, I was told mine had always been longer than necessary. I was...

Now that I was aware that you were there, That joyful game no longer played was finally allowed to be the plan. From room 1 to room 2, I...

The way you look me straight in the eyes, Sir, triggers me, so does your questioning! It triggers me as I struggle for a place to lay my...

I had to almost die to finally live!

Our relationship has always been a cold war; a cold war nobody knows about except ourselves. It started long ago. Do you remember the...

I hate it when they do not help. Well, they do not care. But, they also assume that I am better, saying I am better than them. If only...

2 A.M. What's the point of writing words when you know they won't be seen? What's the point of pouring your heart into them? Why would...

The wooden drawers sit quietly in the houses' forgotten rooms. They hold pieces of the past we cannot throw away yet. They bear our...

In the reality of a silent night, you face the truth. You meet again and your brain aches at a long night of confrontation. You've had...

The English Language is my shelter. It is what I clung to once I realised I was thorned into shreds, about the same time I was expected...

Inspiration has been knocking at my door at weird times. Dear precious visitor, at 2 am there is not much for me to do. I once decided to...

When I look at people’s faces, I wonder about many things. Are they happy? for instance. I wonder about the pain they must hide and its...

An epiphany hides inside my world. I tell her not to come, not now, not yet. Conceal yourself. I burry you with a well-knit ignorance. In...

Dear, you think I've been foolish. You think I could've hidden the words more, could've been more implicit. I see it in the way you...

I needed concrete goodbyes. Those they left me without. Or rather the ones I never offered myself. I had been living with untold...

It's beautiful. The moment you clumsily walk into a place with a wondering face scrutinising all that you see in search of familiarity....