When people asked me, ‘what are three things that get you to work?’ ‘what are your three strengths and weaknesses?’ i find it hard to list only three things for them because i’m a jigsaw puzzle with 3000 different pieces each with its own unique shape and colour i don’t even know which one willContinue reading “give them three things”
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Safety
are you even worthy of a real relationship when all you do is push anyone who ever made one step closer than you planned to so you’re stuck in that circle of security safe and alone, for the rest of your life. t.l.
moon and back
you were smiling in that photo were you happy? you captioned it “good times” but did you cry while dancing? you said “my friends are my family” but, how many friends do you have now? you were admired by many but who have stayed after stepping on your heart on the floor? you said “iContinue reading “moon and back”
sugar water
fix me tell me i’m pretty and there are good things waiting if i just keep trying.. fix me in the hollow cave there’s a tiny cry for help echoing like laughter instead. fix me like how you kissed my scars and said that they are beautiful fix me and turn my heart of fireContinue reading “sugar water”
Aquarium of sadness
trying to find my glasses with closed eyes my teeth are falling my ghosts of the past are haunting i could cry every night but my better self can’t afford that the roads are ending can i climb up the wall and redefine gravity wherever i go? the more i know, the more i fearContinue reading “Aquarium of sadness”
Going 80
i love the sound of car’s seat belts i wish that i had that alert sound that invisible thread that pulls me back from my wildest dreams. so every time life’s about to hit so hard i won’t hit my head while jumping out of a moving car going 80 thinking i was flying forContinue reading “Going 80”
freak show
i’m a three-hour freak show i can go up fast and down slow i often laugh when I wanted so hard to cry i squeezed the toothpaste from the middle sometimes too much, sometimes too little. my limbs just move on their own i often don’t feel my weight or feel too much like death,Continue reading “freak show”
slow
i used to love driving so fast my head twirled in heaven and my foot hit the pedal so hard like i was running from my own depression like it was the last day on earth. when the truck’s headlights exploded in my eye, i wanted to let go of the brake and just letContinue reading “slow”
free fall
left your stuff scatter around my place like how you appeared casually in my brain we never know when the last leaf would fall but can we stay here forever like this for now? i never liked it unorganised i needed my life to stay the way it is but i like how you splashedContinue reading “free fall”
the reasons
you’re looking for something in every lover, something to fill in your hollow and fix the never-ending pain. you’re looking for something to stop you from feeling so alone you wanted to die, but did those things make you any less lonely? you’re looking for something to make sense of this life, to help youContinue reading “the reasons”
Tsunami of Words 