Bitter|Sweet

A quick glance, that’s all it took for the bittersweet sensation to arise. In less than two hours, the plane would leave and any chance she had to clear things up would be gone. It wasn’t like the first trip. No, not at all. Continue reading »

A Case of the Mondays

The sun rose later than usual, a sign that the nights are getting longer. But it also means one more thing: battle. A battle against the cool early morning air, the 6am darkness, and countless struggles to get up from bed. In an ideal world, the sun would rise first and then a person would … Continue reading »

Indecipherable

Indecipherable

It’s odd to think that only sad moments bring these hands to write. When feeling down, there’s no real way to explain nor describe the agony inside; that’s when writing becomes the tool to let emotions play on a blank sheet of paper, twisting and turning until an image, painted of words, can finally lead … Continue reading »

Shattered

Shattered

It takes one moment To destroy the illusion; To make the disappointment Grow, and pain To become overwhelming. It takes a simple thought To begin to wonder “What’s the point?” Even when tears Blur the sight And thoughts cloud the mind, Somewhere, somehow There’s a light waiting to shine. Maybe then, It’ll light the path … Continue reading »

The Modern Addiction

The Modern Addiction

The phone buzzed on the countertop, Gabby gazed at the phone from across the room and quickly walked towards it, quickly unlocking her phone and reading the latest text. “Well, what does he say now?” Priscilla asked, raising her glass and sipping the last bit of wine. She patted the couch and beckoned Gabby to … Continue reading »

Life Sans the Tech

Life Sans the Tech

The cell phone lay forgotten on the back seat of the car, and it wasn’t till the doors closed behind me on the subway that I realized I’d left it. This meant a day with no laptop, no iPod, no phone, no communication whatsoever with anyone (except the customers of the café I work in and doctors that … Continue reading »

10 Things I Wish I Knew at Eleven Years Old

10 Things I Wish I Knew at Eleven Years Old

Have you ever written a letter and placed it away till that one random day you remember it? I’ve done this a couple of times, since a very young age. Sometimes, mostly in the recent years, somethings I’ve written make me wonder what on Earth was I thinking?! Some papers hold truths that even the … Continue reading »