Time out…

Like many, I exist as a trained monkey, performing tasks to suit the whims of others. Husband, father and employee blend into one perpetual functionary blur. As a jack of many, many trades, I rely on my bountiful experiences and resourcefulness to see me through the daily requirements I expect of myself to satisfy these […]

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Shells…

I live in a shell. I think we all do at times. Or else we have many shells we swap from time to time… Like personas. But I have one shell which I carry on my back. It is strong and doesn’t change colour, for it is already a rainbow due to the many experiences […]

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Burning eyes…

Dear moon… Throughout the day, I feel your eyes burning into my soul when my mind is briefly unoccupied, And when I finally find time to relax at the end of the day, mentally unwind and get into that headspace and that ‘happily remember what it is to be alive’ zone, I look up and feel […]

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Old man…

Lying by the side of the road, drowning in the river, sitting in your hammock, rocking in your chair. How long do you have left? And what have you done thus far? Have you lived, have you loved? No regrets.? Have you truly lived… Unselfishly yet for yourself as well? Behold my doppelgänger! Could have […]

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Dark moon…

I open the fridge and stare at the shelves, not thinking about what’s in front of me as I can only think of your absence in that moment and wonder why the sky is overcast, why the stars are dimmed? Amavasya was a few days ago and that dark moon phase activated a hidden level […]

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