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Looking back, a lot of my major life-altering decisions and events had taken place, whilst sitting on those lime green seats of a Melbourne tram. The windows were usually open, and the sunlight had poured onto our faces, illuminating us, and the cold wind had played with our hair.For the good part of my adolescence, I, like many other teenagers and twenty-somethings, was always confused and utterly bewildered - at the strange turns and corners that life took. I didn't know who I was, or who I wanted to be - I didn't know who to trust or who to stay clear of - but mostly, I was at a complete loss for words with regards to the matters of the heart. In short, I never knew who to love, and if by some miracle, I did love someone - how on earth could I possibly tell them?…

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15 years later after they first dated, a man and a woman bump into each other in a target store on a weekday morning. as they smile and nod and listen to each other's stories - they reminisce the old days and laugh about where they ended up - and though no one is saying it, they both wonder - what could have been. in another time. in another life. would they have made it? a story about nostalgia and love; about remembering and forgetting; about how memory can be both a blessing and a curse and what happens to love as time goes by.…

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a lot of 3am musings and 2pm hangover sort of thoughts…

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Poems about life and death, love and heartbreak and mustering the courage to go on - despite it all.Majority of this was written in 2020 and 2021 and hence is inspired by the COVID-19 pandemic, the lockdowns, the mandates and the heavy toll it took on our mental health.Having so much time to think about life led to a lot of existential angst - why are we here? and how do we come to terms with our ever-looming mortality? how do we grapple with the losses of people that we love? where do people go after they die? how do we cope with death?In short, it is a collection about both the darkness and lightness of life - about the realities of this ever-changing world that we find ourselves in.It was a way of coping for me in those long dark months - and I hope you will also find pieces of comfort and solace within these words - knowing that you are not alone, in your angst, in your worries, on your dark days.…

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Poems to inspire you, to make you believe, to make you hope - in better things to come, and a brighter world.Here is a collection of poems to lift your hopes in the human race.With COVID-19 lockdows and mandates, with so many political tensions, and so many riots and uprisings, with wars and hate and threats - it is easy to become overwhelmed and give up hope, on ourselves, on our fellow humans, and on our world.But we cannot give in - we have to find ways to believe, in the goodness of the world, of people, and of our spirit.This collection is a testament to the human spirit.…

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A Girl, tormented by her past loves, gets on a tram, and finds solace and support from a woman who has gone through similar ordeals in her youth.As they each reflect on their pasts and decisions, a question which has tormented women for generations stands before them: how do you know when to leave the man you love? where you draw the line? should we run? should we save ourselves? and if we run, will we ever find happiness again?but most importantly, is there a 'right' answer? is one choice better than the other?this is a story about leaving and staying; and how blurry the line gets, when love is involved.…