A Guide to the Perfect Cup of Tea
A guide to a perfect cup of tea The most important aspect of this is to wake up. You must not be sleeping when making your cup of tea, instead you need to rouse yourself from your bed and pull your tired body out from beneath the blankets that…
Religion’s Womb
[Rough Draft] Religion’s Womb At nine o’clock at night, I sat up shaking. Tears chocked my airways, blurred my vision, made my hands look unreal. My mind sat back, separated as I watched myself clutch my chest, hoping to find a way to clear my lungs, to breathe again….
I met you once
I met a woman at a familial wedding. She dominated the room she entered with the sheer weight of unspoken knowledge. Experience filled her eyes but kept it’s lines from her face, Allowing a depth of gaze without wisdom’s claws pulling down against her flesh. She was wrapped in dignity,…
Childhood Friends
TW: sexual harassment, graphic harassment, disturbing imagery, mentions of rape Childhood Friends Yesterday I remembered my sexual harassment. I stood on the cold floor of my work’s new building, cushioned pads beneath my feet, placed there in hopes my bad ankles did not give way during business hours. My…
There Are Spiders In My Eyes
Sometimes there are spiders in my eyes. I see the black shapes skittering across my vision, prompting me to turn, ready to leap away from the foul creature before it got too close. But they aren’t there, they aren’t scurrying across the grey fabric of my hand-made couch. They aren’t…