This film review is well overdue as since encountering Radiance early this year I have watched it over 5 times including the times that I have just listened to the audio as I fell asleep. That is how much impact this film made in my life the first time I watched it and I feel … Continue reading Film review: Radiance
Tag: poetry
The ocean that Cupid resides
You provided warmth, The heat of the war that rose inside me transformed My inner thoughts. You were never mine , Even though our stars align. With every tick of the clock my life slips away But I find comfort in this display. They say that one’s life flashes before their eyes at this moment … Continue reading The ocean that Cupid resides
A Gift never Received
Inspired by Machuca and the false hope that the socialist regime gave the people. His thoughts ran far away from the conquest that loomed over him Far away from the oppression that stared him right in the face It was foreknown that he could not change his position in this world nor change the way … Continue reading A Gift never Received
A Nameless Love
Inspired by the animated movie: Your name. Love: If only I was brave enough to whisper it to the air. To let the vibrations of the atoms send joyful signals to his ears. But that would only awaken my fears. I'm a coward. I'm scared of exposing my feelings for him. I'm afraid of looking … Continue reading A Nameless Love
Weeding out Hopelessness
Michael Landy, a pioneer of the Young British Artists movement, was born in London in 1963. Landy is best known for his performance installation piece "Break down" where he destroyed and displayed all his possessions. In 2008, Landy was elected as a member of the Royal Academy of Arts London and continues to make a … Continue reading Weeding out Hopelessness
My love for Language
<<J’adore les langues>> is an expression that could be translated as “I love languages” or “I love tongues”. Both translations to an eye that is used to the English tongue might find the two statements to be completely different expressions but they do mean the same thing. Language is certainly a beautiful thing. A complex … Continue reading My love for Language
Your lies
These feelings of tension in my chest - that I cannot explain. Why do I envy things that I should not have , that I do not need? Your love I do not deserve. Your friendship That I should not think of. This world That I do not belong in Suffocates my heart, tramples on … Continue reading Your lies
Unravel
I've tried my best. I've done everything that I can for you but you still don't see me. Why is that, I'm I not good enough An alien for you to gawk at A prisoner of your deadly stare Is it okay for me to be locked up in your venomous smile? Release me from … Continue reading Unravel
Poetry Thursday: Black Flowers
Black Flowers He said – long ago – that myth was dead. He meant it. “Myth is dead!” “Long live myth!” They are playing out something. Legendary. Picks up her glass. She has a glass, with coffee, ice and milk in it. Thinks about the refugees on the road. Road to what, to where? … Continue reading Poetry Thursday: Black Flowers
Poetry Thursday: Who Has Seen the Wind?
Who has seen the wind? Neither I nor you: But when the leaves hang trembling, The wind is passing through. Who has seen the wind? Neither you nor I: But when the trees bow down their heads, The wind is passing by. Christina Rossetti