I was in a vicious cycle. I’d weaned myself off of making myself throw up any morsel that passed my lips, but I had replaced it with not...

Like the first time that we met, Like the last time that we spoke. Your messy hair and piercing eyes, The love I can’t revoke. I catch...

Float through the party, Where did you go? You were the life and soul baby Go on, I wanna watch you glow. You used to be so fickle and...

Look out at the river, Close my eyes. Breathe in deeply, Feel the guilt rise. Who could deny, The joyless laugh. The echo chamber Of a...

Something doesn’t sit right these days, The heavy feeling of a lack of embrace. I don’t know what’s to come for me yet, But somehow I...

I loved you before I even had the guts And I found you pressed between the pages Of hopelessness and ruts. As that old song told us to...

December was here, finally. That meant Christmas, New Years Eve, and all the family gatherings and parties the year saves up for and then...

Starve for attention, To regain lost control. Starve to recover, To once again feel whole. It’s quiet over here, You could hear a pin...

I wasn’t asking for too much Just more than you could provide. I wish I’d seen the ending credits Before the change in tide. The ocean...

They say if you're not angry then you're not paying attention, But I'm livid and I feel like even I'm not paying enough attention. These...

There’s something about us I finally understood. I realised it in the moments between The longing and the could. You nestled in between...

The comfort found in worn out scales, Make me feel like I did as a kid. Four strings always felt like home to me, More than six strings...

The parts of me I thought I knew, I didn’t until June, So now I dance with solitude when all I want is you. Forget about the summer, when...

My mum has fallen ill. She has a fever and an infection in her leg and has been taken to hospital only 4 weeks before my brother’s...

Spoilt little girl, let’s burn her to the ground. She only wanted the spotlight but now she’s got the scars. Did no one tell her that’s...

Words that taste like lemonade, On days that feel too short. The sweetest serenade I’ve heard, On yellow sandy shores. Records that feel...

We’re not okay, Haven’t been for weeks. I don’t remember how it feels, To be beneath your sheets. Press my palm against the wall, To try...

4am, or thereabouts. I surreptitiously check my phone. The bright screen makes my eyes wince and squint in the darkened room. It’s 4:38,...

I never planned on getting this far, There was a day etched out to end. But hey look at me now, In the battle of the pretend. It’s been...