train
poetry, journal Amber Stanza poetry, journal Amber Stanza

train

I only feel like I belong to the city when I’m on the train. An anonymous figure perfectly slotting into the puzzle crafted by thousands of other commuters.

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Jigsaw
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Jigsaw

My dreams are potent at the moment. I suppose that's what I get for not sleeping until 3.30 and then waking up at 6 every day: constantly opening my eyelids mid-dream so that for the rest of the day, my life is stained by a jigsaw of abstract images.

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South
journal, short stories Amber Stanza journal, short stories Amber Stanza

South

Welcome to London.

That's all I keep thinking as I hammer my finger into the pedestrian crossing button. I know it doesn’t do anything, but I like to imagine the city feels some pain at my disposal of street etiquette; wait for the lights to turn green, press the button once etcetera.

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Tangerine
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Tangerine

Eleven forty five-

I ate my heart

Out my chest;

Watched it congeal,

Squirm, and bloom

Around my fingers,

Clinging for life.

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East
short stories Amber Stanza short stories Amber Stanza

East

In the distance, the breakwaters surface irregularly. The intervals come and go; small shoals dashing to the surface. Way out there the water is much deeper- its touch barely reaches my toes. Insecure and cold, I bury my feet under the sand imitating the stretching miles of empty shells.

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Mother: Nature
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Mother: Nature

I’m stuck

In the nighttime-

In the cracks of my ceiling-

In the yellow corridors of the hospital ward.

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