‘Sablay’
I will not graduate on time—not because I failed my subjects, but because I failed to listen to my younger...
The fear of death, the hunger for life
The stillness of the night always had a way to amplify the thoughts daylight politely ignores. Often the last one...
The art of disappearing after graduation
I want to disappear after graduation. Not in a tragic way. Not in a dramatic, burning-bridges kind of exit. I...
I only wish it had been gentler
There is a particular kind of loneliness that does not come from being physically alone, but from living a life...
Seeing life through kinder lens
Have you ever looked into someone’s eyes and wondered what goes through their thoughts? Or have you ever peeked through...
The graduation I have been waiting for
I have been waiting for this graduation, but somehow, I feel I have missed it. I was supposed to graduate...
Someone has to build the floor first
Nobody told me that surviving could make you the villain. I found that out on my own, slowly, as you...
Salt air
One moment, you are 18. Your hair is a few shades of purple. Your eyes brighter. Your feet dig into...
Smoke break
The last memory I had of last Holy Week was being drunk alone in the surprisingly empty streets of Blumentritt....
Almost ‘trentahin’ thing
A few days from now, I will no longer be twenty-nine, and the thought of turning 30 feels heavier than...
