Tag: love
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You Belong
Sometimes I feel invisible,like my edges blurand the world forgets the shape of me. Sometimes I watch the world in motion,voices weaving past me,laughter echoing without me. I wish for presence near me,a shoulder, a breatha weight that says you are not alone.Not talking just being. But then I take a quiet moment to notice,and…
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I see you
This is for all the men. You deserve to be seen as you are. It’s not about repeating “it’s okay not to be okay”. It’s not even about urging you to speak up, or figure out the problem and fix it. It’s about reassuring you that you can be seen as you are without anyone…
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Strangers or collectively vulnerable?
I work as a translator. A job which I took on to make ends meet and support my family financially. I thought I would get extra income from the side job, but it gave me back so much more – things I can never put a price on. In the last 7 years I have…
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Gratitude – for every little thing
Comfort for me is created when I am content. And in a world where everything tries to make you think you are not enough or doing enough taking a step back and appreciating everything makes a huge difference. Everywhere we go we are bombarded with ads, products which are solutions to things we didn’t even…
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What I found
Somewhere deep far away I see him. The restaurant is loud amongst the buzz of the evening, but to me, it feels quiet. I feel him before I see him. His calm presence filling the air, his kind gaze floating around the room and his warm smile flashing. For a moment, I am still. A…
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Dear body,
I don’t even know where to start. For 30 years we have been together yet somehow we have been strangers. I’ve hated you, belittled you, compared you and wished you were different. All while you fought to keep me going. You allowed me to have moments of joy even when my heart was heavy with…
Soft Armour 