In The Time Of Floods

In The Time Of Floods

  ”There was never anything wrong with keeping up a little optimism over the flood.” That line from Eudora Welty’s The Optimist’s Daughter arrested my attention when I was reading the book by candlelight a week ago. It was a dark week in many senses. My beloved city was flooded, making thousands of people homeless. […]

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The Unsent Letters

The Unsent Letters

Dear Reader, I have always loved letters but in my 22 years and 11 months of existence, I have only received two letters and written one. When I was younger, I’d write long letters on the back of my notebooks namely to anybody I knew back home, then I’d carefully re-write them, tuck them into […]

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Known Stranger

Known Stranger

She stared back at me. Deep, dark eyes. Mixed with fear and uncertainty, blended in anticipation and hope. Tried to speak. But something stopped her. A force, a faint shadow loomed behind her. It held her rigidly, yet not tightly. Her struggle pushed her back slightly, but she stood there. Waiting to be seen, waiting to reveal the shadow. […]

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The Good Fight

The Good Fight

  The heaviness grows with the weight of a thousand years Weary of fighting the same old wars Eyes unfocused and shoulders drooping We trudge together not in triumph But in struggle Some fall behind But a few march on Will we be greeted by victory? Or crushed by defeat? We do not know yet […]

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Not Easy But Worth It..

Not Easy But Worth It..

It is not easy, to love yourself,  when you seem unimportant and seem to  not contribute to a life It is not easy, to believe in yourself,  if you are not doing anything apparently meaningful It is not easy, to see that, what you’ve built your entire life on, is  a shaky foundation ready to crumble anytime It […]

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