From the numerous issues in the gaming industry, delusion and oversaturation often go widely unnoticed. An avid gamer will be able to tell you there is a significant disconnect between the audience and the developers alike, further shrouded by the illusion of a successful franchise. Most gamers agree that no … Continue Reading
Looking at Yourself in the Mirror—Day Twenty-Seven of NaPoWriMo 2022
“Daddy, look, I got A+.”
“I’m proud of you, baby,” he’d say.
I’d prance around happily,
For it’s been a good day.
“Mummy see! I got a certificate today.”
“Wow, that’s too good,” she’d say.
I ate my favourite snacks that day,
Happy, that I had blown her away.… Continue Reading
Deceiving Memories: Wonderwall by Oasis—Day Twenty-Four of NaPoWriMo 2022
“I don’t believe that anybody feels the way I do about you now.”
and somehow, the loop is consistent,
between my belief and knowing—
Were you there, or did I cease your existence?
for I cared too much and loved so tough,
only to be told I was just never … Continue Reading
Fearless — Day Twenty-Three of NaPoWriMo 2022
An ode to those who chased their truth.
Them rolling stones who paved their route.
Some overdosed, some paid their dues.
Fell totem poles and shaped new rules.
left home – alone, no place to move
to open roads – it made some poor.
Some had no homes to take … Continue Reading
Sour Love on a Bleak Day — Day Twenty-Two of NaPoWriMo 2022
There’s a bottle of my mother’s love
Sitting on the kitchen table
It’s gone sour
It’s Sunday morning,
In the piercing comfort of a place
I once would’ve called home,
And the world woke up and walked out on me
The aftermath of July grows right outside my bedroom … Continue Reading
A Tiptoe Dance—Day Twenty-One of NaPoWriMo 2022
It was the dream that walked on tiptoe,
It baffles me yet what transpired that day,
When life played in a different flow.
I called out to my friend in this land below,
A grey stranger emerged, much to my dismay,
It was the dream that walked on tiptoe.… Continue Reading
An Ode to my Childhood—Day Twenty of NaPoWriMo 2022
Trigger Warning: Mention of self-harm.
I come home,
Fall to my bed.
Eyes close as
The pillow hits my head.
It’s been a long day,
Testing me with all its might.
Tonight is different,
For it is not a sleepless night.
I start dreaming,
And I open my eyes and … Continue Reading
Reflections on the Window of an Imaginary City—Day Nineteen of NaPoWriMo 2022
On a rainy sundown of the month of September,
Feeling the gentle breeze as I look up to the firmament white
As my eyes through the window surpass the street lights
The cold zephyr unveiling the magnificence afar
As I watch the gladiators battle and spar
On the lucent backs … Continue Reading
The Days Before Revels
I wake up to the sound of anklets ringing, echoing throughout the corridor. I look up at my desk to see my clock—it’s 5 am, much too early for any sane person to be awake! It knocked my socks off to see my friend practising her dance sequence when I … Continue Reading