• So I recently bumped into one of my colleagues whom I had not seen in months thanks to the horrible shifts we endure. This is the same girl whose recent Facebook pictures have left mouths hanging, wide open. Over […]

  • She once sang a happy song,” I know you’ve got me and you won’t let me slip”. She jumped up and down in her colourful dress as she got ready for church. In her tiny eyes lay the world, still cant figure out whose […]

  • Being young and working in an industry that pays” peanuts” has left so many questions in my mind. Actually a dozen of these questions have risen from the frequent conversations with my colleagues. They all want to […]

  • Screeching wheels,
    My life flashes before my eyes
    I’m so close to the end I always perceived far.

    My breaths get deeper and futher apart
    The enemy whose face could has never been described is laughing before […]

  • WHEN THE SOUNDS NO LONGER REACH MY EARS,
    WHEN MY SKIN CAN LONGER RESPOND TO THE UV RAYS,
    WHEN MY LUNGS CEASE TO EXPAND.

    WHEN MY HAIR BECOMES DREADFULLY DRY,
    WITH MY HEART BEATING AT A SLOWER RATE,
    AND THATS […]

  • Perhaps it’s time to take a step back,
    Visualise myself standing on a hill with fresh breeze waving against my skin,
    Let my imaginative eye look down memory lane,
    Then let flash backs of my young life […]

  • The sun has gone down again. I’m left alone with my thoughts and myself. My fancy car is parked away and my expensive clothes mean nothing now. It’s as if the world is laughing at me. I have worn a smile on my […]

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