What I’ve learned on the journey to happiness.
Tag: emotions
Blue-Painted Room
A poem on the emotions of feeling lost, and of looking back at certain decisions and wondering why you made them.
To Walk on Water
The poem is all about the poet's experience with a sad moment and his failed attempts to conquer his emotions and come out of the the sea of sorrow.
How Stoicism Influenced Music From the French Renaissance to Pink Floyd
Stoicism can easily be misread as pessimistic because of its relentless focus on mortality and fragility. But its core message – contained in songs spanning generations – is profoundly …
‘Amorphous Feelings’: A Poem About Love
'If I were a book, would he read all the pages? Or realise that there are words best left unread?'
Writing Feels Like Larceny
My entire life – all the memories I create, all the stories that run through my head are all someone else’s.
A Tangible/ Not So Tangible Walk Down Memory Lane
When a song triggered a series of memories.
The Mirror of Our Prime
'We are silent shadows crossing our thresholds'.
‘No One Loves You’
A poem on growing up as a girl and inner conflicts that are yet to be resolved.
On Taming Self-Doubt and Dissonance
It arrives softly, driving anxiety up your torso, hiking up your spine and into your head.