Your reflection stared right back at you. Stoic pose, tired brown eyes and pale skin that had seen better days. The only sign of life being your lips that parted each time you said “I am happy”. You’d said it seven times already, you just have to get to twenty one and you’d be fine.Continue reading “It’s okay not to be okay.”
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The thing about hope.
Hope is a good thing until it isn’t. For as long as I’ve existed, I’ve been told to keep hope alive. To believe that the challenges and uncertainty spiraling before me in present times are all part of a grand scheme, a bigger picture, a greater purpose and a profound success story. So when doubtContinue reading “The thing about hope.”
To quit or not to quit?
I quit. I packed my bag stuffed full of my favorite clothes and decided to leave. Enough was enough. I couldn’t stand it anymore, I just can’t look you in the face and tell another preachy lie. That’s why I’m quitting chronicles of a wallflower. When I started this blog I wanted to build aContinue reading “To quit or not to quit?”
Gratitude
Thank you. Thank you for clicking on this link whenever it appears on your screen. For reading these words and for making my effort count for something. I started this blog because I’ve always wanted to write, I’ve always wanted to tell stories that inspire, stories that make you feel seen, heard and challenged toContinue reading “Gratitude”
Lies they told me (I)
They lied. I was 12 when they told me he came to a person thrice. “Just look for the dashing man in red” No other color but red. So I waited, I waited for the man in red and I found him first when I was 16. He came to me in the version ofContinue reading “Lies they told me (I)”
How Should a Person be?
A person should know nothing of suppressions least you explode in a way that only confetti ought to.
La beauté du lotus
Dear lotus, where did a delicate queen like you learn to grow a spine so tough.
Chronicles of a 16 Year Old Wallflower
Dearest darner, You can’t pour from an empty cup.
FROM MY SOUL TO YOURS
The love letter you deserve.
How to ruin your life 101
The ultimate guideline for life.
This is not a love story.
From the inner crevices of my heart have I written for you “a story about love”
SHOEBOX
I have this thing where I can’t wear someone else’s shoes comfortably, its as if my feet know that they’re not home. If I can’t wear someone else’s shoes then what exactly was I thinking when I tried to live someone else’s life.
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