
August
Dear August, The spotlight of clarity. I am not sure why I remember at the end of the summer, what … Continue Reading August
Dear August, The spotlight of clarity. I am not sure why I remember at the end of the summer, what … Continue Reading August
"Don't you understand that to make room for you, I had to lose some of me?"
Naliaka.O
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two pairs
"I want people to feel about me
Like they do when they buy a second pair
Of the same shoe
Once is not enough
Similar is not quite there
Two will have to do"
Naliaka.O
# Permanent link to two pairs
Dear July, I began this year with your friend January, and January’s good friends Hope, Joy and Anticipation. Joy does … Continue Reading July
Dear June, How wrapped up in my nostalgia you are. Layered with my childhood summer holidays, I have only to … Continue Reading June
Dear May, I hope you would indulge me by sharing this letter with one other person. Really the only person … Continue Reading May
Dear April, This is my understanding of hands. They hold and contain only when they are cupped. Fully extended, they … Continue Reading April
I have a friend called D. Well, not really a friend, more like a persistent acquaintance who has popped in … Continue Reading D
I adopted people’s words of loathing and took them home with me I nurtured all the sad because I took … Continue Reading Insecurity
Dear March, I am surprised to admit that I find a certain kinship with you. You arrive swiftly, quietly and … Continue Reading March
Dear February, In my life you have always been a reminder month. A reminder of how short life can be … Continue Reading February
Dear January, I came to you as I do every year, with all my hopes and fears tightly bunched in … Continue Reading January
If words are like paint then I would like to paint people in gold and red and orange and purple, … Continue Reading Words
skin Despite the dictionary definition, racism is not skin deep. It persistently flies beyond words and actions. It sinks beneath … Continue Reading Skin&Anger
Cyclically I came to see The sadness that lived inside of me How much a part of it was i … Continue Reading Cyclically
Frodo says to Sam, at the end of Tolkien’s “The Return of the King”, “You can not always be torn … Continue Reading Elsewhere