Category: Expressive Writings
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When the stigma is from within: A story of my feminist values and a narcissistic mother
I’ve seen my mother face domestic violence since I was a child. Growing up in an environment where individual liberty and self expression had no space for existence, I soon learnt to survive by making myself invisible. But in my most private thoughts, I always felt the need to fight for women’s rights. Maybe it […]
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Laziness, My Late Night Friend
Yes! I’m lazy, My laziness staved off anxiety crippling into my head, My laziness helped me take a pause from restless fidgeting, My laziness plot me time to step aside for a moment and breathe life, My laziness showed me I was overwhelmed and I needed to settle down, My laziness told me I don’t […]
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Heed my need.
We chase people who ignore us seeking their validation, their unwillingly given time, unwantedly spoken words, and untruly made promises, We crave and we kill our individuality seeking their attention, wanting them to see how much we love them, wanting them to see our quest to win them, our pursuit to become one with their […]
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Hollow and shallow.
I’ve been thinking since quite a long while about writing this blog. I want to express my pain instead of letting it haunt me in the mind and internalize. But I don’t know what to express because I don’t know what my pain is. Somedays I wake up feeling dready with no direction in life. […]