I was sitting on my bed when I first received news. This is the kind of news no one wants to receive ever. There was a gentle knock on my door. You could hear the quiet breathing from behind the door, trying to gain composure, trying to look brave and seem okay. I never met… Continue reading Abuelo
Category: Writing
Do you even?
Have you ever wondered about all the people that you've encountered in your life? The ones you held short conversations with, the one guy you bumped into at Starbucks, or that one girl you heard crying in the bathroom and asked if she was okay. Sometimes I dream about you all. You show up and… Continue reading Do you even?
International Day of Peace
It's International Day of Peace! In a world filled with chaos, stories filling up our news feeds and timelines about devastation, political conflicts and unrest, sometimes we forget that there is more good in the world than "evil". These issues do have an impact on how we see the world, how we see people and… Continue reading International Day of Peace
The tower
I always thought I'd be trapped in my tower for years to come, I had managed to escape a few times, managed to roam free. Each time I left, I had felt like a bird soaring through the skies as high as a cloud, loved like a flower in the spring. But each time I… Continue reading The tower
Embraced
I knew it wouldn't last forever, that I could only be in his sun kissed arms for a brief time. I knew it was just for that moment, but I still craved to drown in his golden coloured eyes. What we had was harmless, if you really want to believe that. Countless hours by the… Continue reading Embraced
being maarthaa 