Depression

  • The Sad of Life

    There’s a sad drooping in the air today. A deep sad, thick among the fog of all things left unsaid. It floats in the river and I catch it in my cup, most unwillingly— oddly enthusiastically. Tomorrow, I will place… Continue reading

  • Rainy Days

    The Sun once told me not to run from the rain. It told me to seek it. To cherish it. To never forget that, without the rain, beauty misses out on its chance to grow. Now, when the rain comes, I get my coat.… Continue reading

  • The Bright Side

    I’m a bright side girl, most days. It’s the essence of me, I suppose; joy, love and all the sunny days, enough of all three to make a bright side girl thrive. The thing is— I’m not thriving. These days,… Continue reading

  • Broken People

    It’s the ‘broken’ people we should be listening to. Because it’s the ‘broken’ people who have already faced the pain we are yet to face. Continue reading

  • Human Nature

    On the ninth day of Christmas I felt sadness inside of me and I cried. Who am I to keep sadness prisoner inside these flimsy human walls of mine? Sadness deserves freedom just as much as joy does. On the ninth… Continue reading

  • Only Human

    I’m not really okay, today. And yesterday— I wasn’t really okay then, either. Yesterday, there were tears. Feelings. And yesterday I couldn’t see the sky, anymore. Maybe it’s hormones. Or the rain. Or maybe it’s just my broken bits screeching Reminding… Continue reading

  • We’ve Got This

    It’s just come to me. Like a roar straight from the heart of the lion. We’ve got this. We do. We’ve got it. See? I’m not going to lie. Sometimes, I think: ‘Ah, crikey. I haven’t really got this. Have I?’ Nope.… Continue reading

  • The Rose

    The rose began to wither, in her heart of woven gold, the ocean melted in her eyes for stories never told. The window shone the morning bright, not once did she look there, the darkness had become her and the… Continue reading