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  • Depression Juice

    On a Christmas afternoonWhen you’ve locked yourselfIn the houseAnd the outside is too loud and festiveRetire to your bedLie downWhen you feel calm enoughWatch an episode When you feel calmerGo to the kitchen Slice up 3 tomatoesBig slicesPan fry them… Continue reading

    Depression Juice

  • A Handful of Maybes

    I don’t know if I willFind pieces of meI lost in the madness I don’t know whether I willSit on the sewing machineAnd make beautiful thingsAnd work fabric like I used toWithout thinkingI am picking at the wound But I… Continue reading

    A Handful of Maybes

  • Naked

    I miss youI doBut I like this tooNaked in the houseLocked inSleeping these torrid nightsIn the nudeWaking up at 1Guilt freeI like this Continue reading

    Naked

  • For My Other Sister

    I called you an angel onceI’m a voice note I madeWhen the madness had begunAnd I was none the wiser It was not madnessYou are an angelYou were named correctly Thank you for everythingI love you Continue reading

    For My Other Sister

  • For My Sister

    It started later for meI mourn that it was sooner for youThat while I was havingA carefree childhoodYou were made to feel smallAnd I couldn’t have understoodEnough to tell youThat you are enoughThat I love you Continue reading

    For My Sister

  • To Love Oneself Radically

    You never really likedShowing your bellyNow that it’s biggerWhy do you want it? You always likedClothes that hung looseNow that you’re biggerWhy do you want them fitting? Maybe you love yourself stillEven as you are nowMaybe you can loveAll of… Continue reading

    To Love Oneself Radically

  • Staying

    This coming yearI’m growing organicallyI will take root where I thriveI will water myselfReligiouslyI will work onlyOn that which tugs at my heart I will give to artI will give backI will loveWith no inhibitionsWith no conditionsI will love I… Continue reading

    Staying

  • Journal 11/11/23

    After about 3 months of being in high spirits, three weeks ago, I started to dip. I wondered what that was until I figured this is one of the faces of depression. It’s not as intense as it used to… Continue reading

    Journal 11/11/23

  • E-Book Launch

    I am excited to announce that a book I have been working on over the last one year is finally ready to see the world. It is called Tuputupu. The word Tuputupu is Swahili for “naked”. The book is a… Continue reading

    E-Book Launch

  • Journal 4th July 2023

    When I sit like this to write, lemon tea by my side, it feels right. —————————————————————————— Today I woke up at around 5 am to go pee and couldn’t get back to sleep after a drink of water. By 5.45,… Continue reading

    Journal 4th July 2023