"We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race." — Dead Poets Society Yes, I am writing a blog on poetry. And yes, I am writing a blog on poetry. I wrote my first poem when I...
midnight library
I recently finished The Midnight Library, and it opened my eyes… my many eyes. It’s actually the first novel I’ve read in a while. For the past two years, I’ve mostly been reading philosophy and psychoanalysis (and I’m still trying to make sense of Freud and all his ideas). Coming...
Being unfaithful
I was walking to the market on Saturday, listening to music, and while I was walking, Rihanna's song Unfaithful started playing. Listening to the song, I had this awareness of what it really means to be unfaithful in my world. As a person who has always tried to do the...
Pretty girls are not good at math
Someone told me in school that pretty girls are not good at math and that I should know my place. I was 10 years old. Since then, all I wanted was to prove that I was good at math, that I was smart. At some point, being smart became equal...
I Call Myself a Writer
I dare to call myself a writer, even though I’ve never published a single word yet. My notebooks are full of worlds no one has ever seen, poems, fragments of stories, to-do lists, and small entries about how my days unfold. Writing, for me, is more than a hobby. It’s...