Sleep

Lullaby 🛌

July 24, 2023September 17, 2023

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.

Mental health | Sleep | Work-life

Lullaby 🛌

July 24, 2023July 24, 2023

Verse

Lullaby 🛌

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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.

Map Of Emotion

Lying Awake Feels Like This

September 27, 2013March 26, 2023

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The middle of the night feels slightly hysteric. Since late night TV and corporate lifestyles, midnight is what 8:30 p.m. probably was to the generations before. ‘Twilight’ has been co-opted by a low-grade teen horror tale. You’re lying awake at 4:12 in the morning. You dreamt of a guy you…

Body & Sex | Fiction

MayShortReads18: Sleep

May 27, 2013September 10, 2023

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Trigger warnings: Death, Abuse

Fiction | Relationships

MayShortReads 07: Bedtime

May 8, 2013March 25, 2023

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