Heart checklist is a series of realizations and experiences I got from loving the people I love. I had to break up with someone last year. It’s been a couple of months already, but I still find myself wondering sometimes. What would this year be like for us if the one before didn’t happen theContinue reading “Heart Check #3 – Set Things Free”
Category Archives: Fear
Welcome Back Anxiety
It’s been years since I last felt genuine full-force anxiety. I’m done with those days. But believe me when I say that they’d always somehow find a way to creep back up. I felt it recently. That intense worry of not being enough. Just thinking about it now while typing this makes me so uncomfortableContinue reading “Welcome Back Anxiety”
When Tears Fall
Ever noticed that uneasy feeling when something or someone triggers your deepest fear, pain, regret or disappointment? How you try your hardest to shake it off as you put up a façade? Pretending. Fooling no one but yourself. I know it well. Especially when the mask I’ve put up gets too heavy to bear. ThenContinue reading “When Tears Fall”
First Time Flying
The white plane above continued to make its way through the clouds. I watched as it slowly disappeared from my line of sight, wondering when will I be able to ride one. But don’t get me wrong. It won’t be my first time flying when that day comes. My first experience happened along the highway.Continue reading “First Time Flying”
Thou Shall Not Commit
“I didn’t sign up for this!”, I told myself as I cried myself to sleep that night. Maybe it was the cool touch of the evening breeze or the comforting embrace of my bed. Perhaps it was both. But deep inside I know that my prayer was the reason I escaped those troubling thoughts. ItContinue reading “Thou Shall Not Commit”
Fix Me, Please
It sat on a marble tableA small box that has no lableDecorated with beads and lacesColored glitter on its smooth surface A lot were curious, they wanted to seeThe secret it holds but they don’t have a keyGot tired of the box, threw it into the sea“It’s a waste of time. Just let it be.”Continue reading “Fix Me, Please”
Troubled
There you were again. Staring in the wind, occupied by another monologue of yours. Frantically swimming in your sea of problems.Flooding yourself with those redundant questions.Drowning yourself in your own pool of thoughts. Deeper and deeper, you sank into the darknessTrapped in this overwhelming madness You’re drifting awayYou see the light, you say: Save me!
Night of Terror
It was late at night. David felt tensed when he heard the footsteps of the killer coming closer and closer. He had just witnessed the brutal murder of a young girl and her ear-piercing scream kept on playing inside David’s head. Just as the killer turned the doorknob, his mother burst into his room andContinue reading “Night of Terror”
Joys & Fears
Morning sunshines make me smileBut sometimes I wish I didn’t have to face the dayTomorrows cover up the nights I criedBut the pain doesn’t simple go away I hate to wake up with problems waiting for meBut I fear that I’ll never wake up at allAlone in my dream, alone when I fallNo one inContinue reading “Joys & Fears”
An Unfortunate Week
Monday started with interesting news Invisible enemy is on the loose Can no longer go outside freely But I know nothing’s gonna happen to me Went grocery shopping on Tuesday noon Bought weeks worth of food way too soon People were hoarding with masks on their faces Scared of the multiplying death cases I wasn’tContinue reading “An Unfortunate Week”
Night Owl Thoughts 