Tag: escape
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Sober Alcoholics: (Natural doesn’t sell)
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, they say. My eyes are always looking at a screen. The screen always has something to say about what I’m looking at. Actually, the screen always has something to sell. The screen is a such a smooth talker, I even forget they’re just trying to get a […]
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Sober Alcoholics: (The Domino Effect)
My past is haunting me. I can pin point the decision leading to the empire tumbling. Now the pursuit to corrections is followed by a tremendous feeling of stagnation. Life cannot move until it’s rectified, but time passes by and I always feel I’m left behind. And then it’s a race against time, resulting in […]
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Sober Alcoholics: (Afraid of the Dark)
They say, when days are dark, friends are few. But also when it’s dark, my shadow fades too. How do I blame anyone when I can’t see anything? Maybe they’re also in the dark and they can’t see me. Truth be told, light only touches the surface. Darkness goes deeper. When there’s light, everyone sees […]
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Sober Alcoholics: Solace
Trying times. Turbulent tides.The storms keeps getting worse.I’ve projected myself as strong, I’m obliged to keep going.It’s a heavy burden, I can’t believe I’ve carried it for so long. I want to stop and pause for second.But being idle makes the journey longer.If nothing is done, there’s no progress in the struggle.So in order to […]
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Sober Alcoholics: (Cutting Onions)
I enter the kitchen, start looking.I find something as I prepare for cooking.Not a great cook, but one has to eat before sleeping.As I begin, I have my knife, I start chopping. The knife hits the chopping board in some sort of a rhythm.The music lover in me, listens and tries to keep it going.And […]
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Sober Alcoholics:(picture perfect)
Wait this is not my good side.Switch that off, I’m not ready, I’m a mess.Look, there’s a pimple, if I take it, it can’t be feathered.They don’t want me like this, it’s not the standard. Even the setting is not ready, are you kidding me?No lights, no backdrops, you’re making fun of me.Okay fine, at […]
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Talent Shows (stories for when we get successful)
Because of where we come from and what we’ve been made to believe.It has never once occurred that one day we’ll be sitting here. There was a time all we were was consumers, and all we wanted was to be at least entertained. However, the entertainers were in turn searching for a story to tell. […]
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