Dear Alek,

I know your older now and probably don’t know who this is. It will sound so absurd that I (Alicjia) claim the title of your mother; no loving mother would leave a child on a doorstep with a mere note. For me to only write to you now is something I am genuinely regretful about.

All those years we spent apart, and I probably will never spend a tremendous amount of time with you so I ...

I look down at the knife in my hand. It is so sharp that if I clench it with minimal pressure, my hand will bleed profusely.

Well, what did I expect? I had asked the man at the black market for the most pointed and fine carving knife. Enough to slice through flesh within seconds. The finest.

The day before the big day I fell into a slumber so deep it felt real.

I am slouching in my usual cha...

I’m adopted. I know it. In my family, anything my older sister says goes. Every day of the week: “mum, I want a handbag, new clothes and six pair of shoes.” I’m not even exaggerating. She literally asks for the world, and my parents give it to her.

I’ve always wondered what it is like to be loved. What it is like to be the apple of my parent's eyes. My parents try to hide their favouritism towar...

Corona. A pandemic, a world crisis.

But that is what The People think, it is just a virus.

Just like the Spanish flu.

Corona is green, masks are blue, and I’m stuck at home with you.

Everybody is in quarantine acting like they are having the time of their lives, but they are all dying inside.

The government gives safety procedures but don’t follow it themselves.

Kids are like particl...

Anonymous where no one knows you.

Invisible, Faceless, nameless.

You can be anything you want to be no shaming, no fear.

You are like a bird free to roam through the crowds without being judged.

Oh, how I love to be anonymous I can say or do anything without questions.

What’s with all these questions that I have no answer to?

Why can’t you just be you without being ridiculed?

This world can...

She looks at me with a calm and collected look on her face. She thinks she is in control. I look at her. Then I use my army training to get free.

Push my hands towards my chest; push out- my hands are free. The kidnapper is busy planning out ways to torture me. Her attention is focused on the computer screen. I then remove the gag from my mouth. As stealthy as a cheetah, I pounce at her from be...

She is running away. I can almost feel the fear she is feeling. I relish having this kind of hold on people. Her beauty is breathtaking, and all I want to do is take it away from her. It’s neither jealousy nor desire. No. I enjoy having the ability to place fear in people.

Ruby: I can feel my heart pounding in my chest. The pressure is so much that I feel like it will pop out of my chest. I can ...

“Love is the lie that keeps us alive”.

There is no love, we are all being blinded by something we can’t touch, hear or see.

I think I love you, but how do I know if it is a feeling or being?

Love you not, love you more.

They say love is blind but how can love see in the first place.

We are all being tricked by this notion of love.

L is for lust. O is for overload. V is for value, and E is for...

The year 2018:

I was on the cheapest flight I could possibly get to Romania. The attraction to the capital city of this country had stemmed from my study of Art. In most of my lectures at the University of Michigan, the lecturers would talk about Picasso and Da Vinci for days on end. I began to get bored with the same old Art and artists. I started my research on international artists. I had never...

Earth is what we rely on to live

There are other planets: Mars, Jupiter, Venus

But everyone focuses on earth

What is earth?

It isn’t some exclusive hotel, it is just where all living species live.

Why don’t we focus on those other planets?

Mars is like big craters, but earth is still more popular.

They have all fought earth, but earth always comes on top.

Never below, never equal

The earth c...