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Dear Diary
I have never been the kind of girl who likes to write down all her feelings and experiences in a hardbound diary with a fancy lock and...
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Dec 16, 20202 min read


Paradise
The sun wasn’t there in the sky when I went up to the terrace that evening. Generally, I could still make out its shape during this time....
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Dec 16, 20202 min read


Lovers
Sunlight filtered through the leaves, bathing her in dappled light. Letting out a soft, shallow breath she adjusted her head on my thigh...
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Dec 16, 20201 min read


Brioche
Aside from requiring a completely cold workspace, baking the perfect brioche also needs a cool mind. It takes endless minutes of...
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Dec 16, 20202 min read


Curtains
I’ve encountered poetic fools, Claiming to have felt the winds. They pride themselves For warmth of their hearts; Although in the roaring...
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Dec 16, 20201 min read


The Last Ride
I felt my heart sink as I looked at Blooming Heights, my house, fade into the distance, I felt my heart sink as I felt the gentle bump of...
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Dec 16, 20202 min read


Of Snapdragons and Women
We women are like snapdragons, We are beautiful and we’re wise. Didn’t like the last word that I used? Oh yes please, cut that out, I...
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Dec 16, 20202 min read


Blowing Away in the Wind
The wind gushed by, The rain fell without a pause. The power of the lights were diminishing And I tried to save my notes, From blowing...
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Dec 14, 20201 min read


Colouring beyond the lines
A Tribute to the Sudan Crisis Eight year olds should be caring about unicorns, not guns. Eight year olds should be crying about pencils...
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Dec 14, 20201 min read


Blood in the Water
Amethyste Villin sat listlessly, in the small and deserted boudoir, looking through the curtained doorway on the dancing couples -...
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Dec 14, 20204 min read


Wish Fulfilment
Marisol wakes up to someone knocking on the door of her dorm. She’d pulled an all-nighter, finishing up all the pending assignments she...
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Dec 14, 202014 min read


The Glass Bangles
The lone young man who sat hunched on the park bench had an unusual gleam in his eyes. He ran his calloused thumb over the edges of the...
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Dec 14, 20204 min read


Tint my palette
(Derived the poem from the colours around me) Tint my palette a sober grey So the conspicuous understanding turns into quiet mastery I...
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Dec 14, 20201 min read


An Outside Perspective
You told me that you love lemon tarts. You didn’t like them before, until one day your mother Coaxed you to try one, after you’d returned...
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Dec 14, 20202 min read


The Book’s Lament
Isn’t it funny, How once upon a time I was the one thing you couldn’t live without? Every day and every night, I stayed with you. Isn’t...
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Dec 14, 20202 min read


The Monster
Claimed to be a ferocious beast With teeth as sharp as blades, A thick hide darker than pools of shadows, Eyes redder than scarlet blood....
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Dec 11, 20201 min read
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