“How can I be positive? How can I have it? Out of all people…I mean, I was so careful. I only stepped out to buy groceries & went to the dry cleaners. Everything I ordered…all contactless deliveries…” I tested positive for COVID-19 on the 5th of July. Although I was mentally prepared for the news, [...]
My father wanted me to be a doctor. A scientist, a lawyer, a professor! My father wanted me to be anything but who I am today. “Writers are not rich” - he said, “Writer? A world can go on without a writer, This world could do without writers” My father told me that my stories [...]
Listen to the Spoken Word version of this poem *** 350 sq ft, it’s a studio! It’s cozy and the university is right next door and it’s so convenient, I love it. I will furnish it, I will make this my home! --- That’s what I said when I moved in 4 years ago. Had [...]
Listen to the Spoken Word version of this poem *** People you lose to depression, No, not just the dead ones but, The ones who just changed over the course of time. You once saw them happy, smiling, Now their eyes are still and they feel like nothing. People you lose to depression, Are your [...]
Some things never get easier and ‘life’ is one of them. It’s challenges after challenges, failure, hardships, a lot of trouble, and what not? We often wish for a guide-book that would teach us adulting. It doesn’t look as promising as it did when we were kids. It is redundant to cry over things we [...]
“It’s so exotic”, “You look like Pocahontas”, “I love how tanned you are”, “Oh, your color is so sexy”, The color of my skin, It’s not for you to objectify, it’s a part of me. The color of my skin is who I am! This golden hue, the wavy black hair, These gloomy dark eyes, [...]
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Memories are funny things, you don’t know when they’re going to trigger - an old picture, a song, a scent, memories are funny things. I love all Disney movies but Finding Nemo has a special place in my heart. I feel like it’s a journey where Marlin had to lose himself in order to find [...]
1st of March, 2020 Morning 11 AM Did you know when Jesus chose his 12 disciples, he knew that one of them was the devil, one was Judas? Yet he sat with them all and broke bread still. Even when you do bad things, Christ still loves you and that you can always change; [...]
Getting into the dating world after a year-long relationship can be pretty messy. It’s tough. When you break up with someone you had become comfortable with, you struggle a lot to get out of that comfort zone. Do I really want to meet different people and tell them about my tragic & lonely childhood? No! [...]
In the Realm of the Unnamed Belle 