the rise of right-wing, anti-everything movement. especially across news outlets. there's no denying there's a big issue with spreading hatred and bullying when it comes to devastating issues like racism, transphobia, misogyny etc. but there's been an enhancement of it in a lot of media in the past year because of how we have been using social media to share infographics, rave on about the importa... » Continue Reading
like a clamshell, i take dirt and make something beautiful out of it. i take pain and decorate my insides. this will sustain my days of blossom. beauty everlastingly in utero. like a clamshell, some people feel entitled to me. they rip me open. steal my jewels. steal my joy. steal my hard work. i remain strong. i continue creating. this too shall pass. this too shall create someth » Continue Reading
doom scroll. get high. watch tv. keep busy. never stay alone with your thoughts. what's the worst that could happen if you sit with your thoughts? realise and recognise the pain you carry? decide you don't actually like that friend of yours because you want to be treated with respect? try to escape the suffocating feeling of resentment towards your family? how you were betrayed? and for fuck sake ... » Continue Reading
She Was a Phantom of Delight She was a Phantom of delight When first she gleamed upon my sight; A lovely Apparition, sent To be a moment's ornament; Her eyes as stars of Twilight fair; Like Twilight's, too, her dusky hair; But all things else about her drawn From May-time and the cheerful Dawn; A dancing Shape, an Image gay, To haunt, to startle, and way-lay. I saw her upon nearer view, A Spirit, ... » Continue Reading
how do you follow the path of god? how do you follow the path of religion? how do you follow the path of mysticism? how do you follow the path of spirituality? i am losing my mind trying to make sense of any of this. tell me! how do you do it? why are you all so calm? every conclusion ends in suspicion. what if i am too cynical for the mystic? what if i am too paranoid for god? how about god start... » Continue Reading
i am so overwhelmed by life. floored by my own emotions. my god, there are days when i forget what happiness means let alone how it feels. it's all quite dramatic. perhaps i am a little melodramatic. i live life like a theatre production. except i forgot all my lines and the lights are too bright. there won't be a saviour but i refuse to draw the curtains. i improvise and make it up as i go along.... » Continue Reading
i live in an old apartment complex. thin walls, frequent mumbles. i sing in the shower. today the neighbour's child was singing. i smile. » Continue Reading
i am part of nature. i am one with the universe. i am part of the collective. but i am tired. my mood fluctuates with the seasons. it would seem quite the natural thing. cry with the rain and coldness of winter, laugh and shine with the sunbeams of summer. but i am tired. how does mother earth do it each passing year? i am worried she is becoming weary of it all too. earthquakes, tsunamis, hail st... » Continue Reading
i feel like i'm existing through theory. am i living life or merely observing it as time passes me by? i live in a state of constant expectation. anticipating something. something big. something big is about to happen. is it? it's been so long... what is it that i'm waiting for? who am i waiting for? if i don't know then what is this feeling? is it desire? a desire to break free. perhaps. a desi... » Continue Reading
i say "i prefer cooking for my friends" "i can't be asked to cook for one person" "it's more fun when it’s for people i love" …until i decided to befriend myself. extend the same amount of love and kindness to myself. have the desire to nourish my own body as i do my friends. it's a similar sort of revelation to when i stopped envisioning slapping myself across the face when i » Continue Reading
where does my womanhood fit? i like to picture myself sprawled out on the spectrum of gender and sexuality. prancing around. my body is a prism. it fractures womanhood. i am the resemblance of a woman. an outline. a concept. my body takes hormones and creates ones that don’t fit in this flesh vessel. does that make me more ‘man’ inside? i am the resemblance of a man. a hypothetical. naturally unna... » Continue Reading
womanhood is being a two-headed calf on a perfect summer evening. whether you’re cis or trans, there’s always somebody trying to define your womanhood. almost desperate to label you with their terms just so they can strip it away and defile it. we will not listen to your false prophecy. we will not hear your false promises when our mothers and daughters and aunties and sisters give us the world. w... » Continue Reading
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