One day, when this pandemic ends, and the world is released from the confines of its prison, we will see each other again. I wonder then, if we will meet as strangers. If the time and pain of this long separation will have carved out differences so stark, that the…

A story of friendship and travel — I am going to see my best friend after four years — years that have been marked by loss, grief and redemption, making them not just a passage of time, but of lives that have been lived to the fullest on different continents. We have protected the space that is…

One of these days, I will look up, and there you will be. I will know you by your smile, and you will know me by mine. We will tell each other our stories, and slowly, we will begin to understand how they led us to each other. I will wonder how I lived this long without you, And realise that I have held you and known you in my heart all along, That every mistake was just bringing me one step closer

Here I am, yet again, at a crossroads in my life. I look back at the road I have travelled, and ahead at the future that lies in shadow. I am tired, depleted of strength and resilience, I have spent all my energy just getting to this place only to…

The little girl talks animatedly with her mother, waving her hands as she explains why she would like the blueberry pancakes and not the banana waffles today. Her mother laughs and nods, and the conversation between them continues in a smooth, uninterrupted flow. It is a perfectly ordinary scene at…

Hello, Pain. I see you have come to visit me again. Ah, but then, it seems you never actually left! You were simply hiding out of sight, waiting for the right time to show me your face. I must say, you took me by surprise this time. I wasn’t expecting…

You built me a house of words. You crafted beautiful sentences that told me what I meant to you, what we were to each other. Gentle words, that brought comfort, that healed old wounds, soothing aches in places where memories of hurt still lingered. And I gathered these words to…