Reading time: 4 min 30 sec The industrial age and consumerism are said to have brought a cult of overworking. Over the past few years, we have been hearing a lot about how we need to stop 'glamourizing overworking'. Indeed we have been seeing many posts pointing out the long hours that employees put in, …
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I need to take a breakfrom the achethat is building in my headI need to go to bedI keep tossing and turningBurning and churningfrom the arguments floatingin a vicious circle, gloatingvoices boiling my insecuritiesinto a smoke of obscenitiesThe moonlight seeps through the curtainsspewing shadows of personson the plain and blank wallsresurrecting the callsI received from …
Propped against the rusty old chair I laid myself bare In the throes of passion for hot sky To the eyes of the passers-by Clock ticking Shoes tapping Ropes skipping Bees humming The world stands still Until the sound of a power drill Or is it a rock band? Far and deep in the woodland …
When I was a teen I thought I knew it all But I was only eighteen And had never thought about much really When I was a teen I thought I was independent Because I had read and seen Books and movies And I thought I was the wisest of them all When I was …
Desolate, sad, dilapidated Ironclad and rusty Weeds growing Pebbles crunching Under the feet Railway tracks Mingling and intertwined Electrical lines Linked to poles Linearly and parallelly Covering distances Between star-crossed lovers Seeing each other Never really reaching each other Broken pieces Concrete and raw Canals and bridges Smothered with grime Flooding acrimoniously With sewage and …
We texted We spoke The words we felt and held In our hearts and souls We kissed We told Our bodies and our hearts The sensations we felt The feelings we understood We travelled We explored Nature in its finesse The trees spoke My tresses flowed We ran We jumped Swooning under the moon Diving …
This post is in response to the Week 12 - Masters of writing flash fiction contest. The word is 'smoke'. I hope you enjoy it! Relentless and determined, I ran up the hill, following the figure fleeing through the trees. The fleeting image of the most beautiful silhouette I had ever seen popped in my …
I was in a haze Created by the blaze Of fire on the horizon I was basking in the wave Of emotions felt in the cave Nested in a corner of the island Looking through binoculars of darkness Searching for the light of happiness Awaiting the rescue boat from the unpredictable sea Darkness enveloped me …
My day in Shanghai ended Sunday the first of July, and it started with lazing around in bed until around 10 because the day before was exhausting. I was sore all over. And I took the opportunity to be introspective and be grateful for the places I have explored, the food I have eaten and …
This is the second day of my trip in Shanghai and If you wanna know about the marathon that I ran for Rotaract Shanghai's Run in Blue for Down Syndrome rehabilitation, check the part 1. If you haven't read about my experiences on my first day, go check it out here. After the run, I …
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