Solving for X_Bird Bath_THAT GIRL FROM ZAMBIA_May I be happy
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Solving for X
Electroshock. Feels like my brains are on fire. Smell smoke. Flames everywhere, not a drop to drink. The mattress is not soft. There is no soft place to land. This is a journey inside my broken mind. Strap yourself in good, it’s going to be a bumpy ride. Like Alice down the rabbit hole. The Mad Hatter is waiting for his tea. Nurse Carlin puts the rubber in my mouth. So I won’t bite my tongue off. Words swirl. Phrases sound like alarms. Soon there will be nothingness. A void. Black hole that sucks everything in, including the light. Close my eyes. Can’t stomach the take off comin...
Bird Bath
So, there I was. Staring out a broken window at complete and utter destruction. We counted to ten, again and again, until the bomb went off. I don’t know what’s worse, waiting for death on a ten-second clock, or trying to pretend everything is ok, as I wrapped my sister in my arms to shield her from my fear. We are alone now. Abandoned, orphaned, targeted. Over the hills we once frolicked playfully, now lies the bodies of our friends. Earlier that day, my mother told me that school closed. My father woke up early and cut the wires to our house, and closed all blinds except for my window. ...
THAT GIRL FROM ZAMBIA
THAT GIRL FROM ZAMBIAI had a friend. Only one, growing up. She was my everything… This was at a time when I didn't exactly have a reputation. I wasn't exceptionally good looking. I was dark, overweight by 15kgs, and tall. I was a whole feet taller than all those dumb bimbos that came to school in the name of eduction everyday. Their hair left out, skirts hiked up. Yet they had the nerve to call me out for being ugly. What didn't help was my inability to laugh at the names they called me- Shitnam, Gagnam, Shags… I complained to my teachers for a lack of a bewww.onedoor.cctter comeback, but this only made it...
May I be happy
I wanted revenge, I vowed I would get revenge. Shaking my head as if it would clear away the negative thoughts I reached for my phone and started a "loving kindness" meditation.“Ok, focus,” I coached myself.I relaxed the tension in my body and listened carefully to the speaker on my mobile phone as a soothing deep voice instructed,“Now direct your attention to someone you don’t have positive feelings towards and send them loving kindness. Say to yourself may they be happy, may they be at peace and may they be healthy.”Sinking a bit deeper into my bubble bath I felt the tension in my body as I ...