Tonight the sea has finally decided to listen:It has invited the stars over,to watch them dance, and entertain the seagulls. The moon has staged its own performance:With the sea’s permission,It has laid down a glittering carpet,as an added party feature. As the guests begin to depart one by one,the moon shines brighter than ever.The seagulls fall … Continue reading Glow
It is here, where two bitter rivals once declared a truce. Digging into their permanent trenches, they put down their weapons long ago, nonchalantly resigned to a treaty neither of them care for anymore. Because this is where the sea gave up trying, leaving its last breath on the shore. This is where the land … Continue reading Neutral Zone
You built your lonely castle in the dark, crafted in complete silence, as you patiently labored a lifetime’s work in anonymity. You aged gracefully, letting time encroach, carve its scaffolds on your fortress. Until one day, Long after you died, your castle was thrusted out into the spotlight, washed up by accident on Instagram, and … Continue reading Afterlife
You will know the day has arrived,when the wind can’t clear the stench of burning corpses,as the mountains hide behind the smoke. You will know it’s here,when the sun barely rises,stuck midway over the horizon,in a permanent brown sunset. You will know it,When the footsteps behind you quickly fill with blood,as you walk on the … Continue reading Black Morning
Only when the night returns, does it become apparent: The light, was only a brief interruption, in an otherwise infinite blackness. For we are nothing but passengers, sheltering on a creaking ship. Surrounded by an endless charcoal desert, we turn our backs to the blackness, and face each other. Navigated by each others' blindness, we … Continue reading Night
It started when I was a teenager. A sudden fainting spell would appear out of nowhere, irrespective of time, place or occasion. For the first few seconds it would feel like a normal lightheadedness. But then, my eyesight would go. Everything quickly faded to black as if someone was sliding a dimmer switch. That’s when … Continue reading 3 Seconds Away From Collapse
As I was growing up, no one ever warned me that if I walk too close to the edge of the curb on a busy road, each passing car ends up stealing away a little bit of my soul. Although there had been plenty of rumours over the years about the link between microwaves, radio … Continue reading About Cars, Consciousness and CO2
When I was just a few years old, our family went on our first proper summer vacation. I remember being quite confused about the concept of a rented villa. This was, after all, my first time ever living in a new “home”. My mother tried to explain: “this is not a real home, we have … Continue reading Borrowed Planet
The ocean’s emerald waters are always a welcome relief for tired eyes. They are a cure for the abuse that the retina has suffered during the day, inflicted through repeated exposure to the same light wavelengths: the cheerful but blinding whites, the brutally monotonous hay yellows, and the dusty, dull browns of the height of … Continue reading Blue Rainbow
