There’s something perplexing about visiting old places with a new version of one’s self. About interacting with old friends, while you already carry pieces of your new ones. And about getting glimpses of the past (that once seemed like a never-ending present) while you’re already part of the future. To the world, you’re just the […]

I guess there’s something addictive about keeping your struggles to yourself, though it’s one of the hardest things a human being can do. You grow to understand that everyone’s going through something troubling, and so you choose not to burden anyone with more of your own. It should all eventually be over, you believe, and […]

I wonder how the sun feels about constantly having to put itself out there, all day long, everyday. Does it deliberately keep trying to hide behind the fragile clouds all day, despite knowing we can’t do life without its artsy shades? Does it only listen to those who curse the heat, while so many radiating […]

Watching as strangers gradually turn into friends – it’s becoming one of my absolute favorite things about life. That very first encounter, as each person puts effort into trying to leave a nice, warm first impression, with smiles shyly filling almost every part of the conversation. The finding-it-hard-to-maintain-eye-contact part. The “how about you?” questions that […]

I keep realizing I’m unwillingly getting better at handling the whole process of having to lose people, after the endless times I’ve had to watch them leave my life. Whether it’s over arguments, distance, or just the way life works when we choose our separate paths; it just never stops happening. Sometimes I’m the reason […]

I’ve always loved words, always cared about words, always thought that words are all what really matters. Words can kill, everyone would say. I’d actually often lose sleep over words I’ve said; ones that I can literally spend forever wishing I could take back. And others that I can only wish I could get another […]

Last night, I was sitting at the backseat of a car next to my sister, with absolutely no idea where we were heading. It all happened so fast, for in a couple of minutes, I heard a crash and felt like my soul was literally being sucked out of my chest. I was irresistibly being […]

One of my favorite feelings in the world is when I get to retell one of the tough stories of my life, after having had it all figured out. When someone asks me the “how did you get here?” question, and I turn silent for a moment, contently sigh, and feel a quick flashback of […]

They say waiting is painful, patience is bitter, and anyone who’s ever had to go through days (or even a few hours) of uncertainty, would wholeheartedly agree. It’s inevitable. One of life’s unwelcomed givens that you’re hardly even allowed enough time to open your arms for. Sometimes you choose to wait for something to happen, […]

  There will always be those things we feel, but don’t quite get around to talking about. Not because we’re unable to express how we feel about them, but rather because we’re way more certain about their every detail than we should be. So we decide to swallow in the words instead – before they […]