I dont want Watered down Transparent lack lustre love Tepid Luke warm Dripping Moderate love Medium rare Not quite crispy Undercooked love Half empty Diluted 2% Low fat Pasturised love Give me Full cream Thick Vibrant Love Steaming Hot Flowing High love Runneth over Sweetened Full cream Unpurified love It’s not worth it if it’s […]

I have many hats. I wear them very proudly. Some hats I only wear for short periods of time, others I wear for longer and spend more time perfecting them. For example, my daughter-in-law hat, it doesn’t match any of my clothes, its ill fitting and very much “not me”. But I wear it on […]

I long for the familiar smells of pots of stew cooking on the stove on cold winter days Winds blustering and blowing, Bodies reaching saturation point, Hour long bus drives home, Falling asleep with sheer exhaustion from the days learning. I long for the hugs which always came when I felt the weakest Strong, comfortable, […]

With hands tied firmly behind backs Our hearts bleed drops of sorrow, Dripping, soaking into the ground. The screaming sounds so loud in our heads But there is no sound We are the voiceless masses The silent faces. The blank ballot papers. Anger surges from our pores Emerced in feelings of helplessness Meat falling off […]