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  • Mental health | Sleep | Work-life

    Lullaby 🛌

    July 24, 2023July 24, 2023
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    A lullaby is sung to us as children. But well into adulthood, sleep remains elusive. This is my loving goodbye to the cares of the day. Read the poem ‘Lullaby‘ here.

  • Addiction | Politics

    What’s Your Poison, Eena, Meena, Deeka? 🥃🚬

    May 8, 2023May 8, 2023
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    Read ‘What’s Your Poison, Eena, Meena, Deeka‘ here. This piece was created for an event themed to International Day Against Drugs.

  • Breakup | Relationships

    Custody ⛓️

    April 19, 2023September 16, 2023
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    Men tell me, “You really understand how a guy feels.” I still feel wrecked by my custody battle. Read ‘CUSTODY‘ here.

  • Love

    Journal Entries, 2016 ✍🏽

    April 10, 2023April 16, 2023
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    Love poem chaptered in pieces of my heart & pages of a journal. Read the poem ‘Journal Entries, 2016’ here.

  • Relationships

    Patchwork Relationship 🚬

    March 22, 2023April 30, 2023
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    All of you homesick for the sickness of love, hating yourself for thinking of an ex, propping yourself on memories of a relationship, wondering if healing will ever be clean. It won’t. Read ‘PATCHWORK RELATIONSHIP‘.

  • Evolution | Healing | Heartbreak | Nostalgia

    Friday Night Nostalgia 🍷🫕

    March 10, 2023April 16, 2023
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    You’re out to dinner on Friday night. It’s nothing exciting, nothing new. Till you look over to the next table. Read ‘FRIDAY NIGHT NOSTALGIA‘ here.

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