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  • Or no, that’s perhaps incorrect

    What if it happened to me? What if somebody kept pushing my boundaries? Choosing to ignore them? I used to think I would be bold. Clear. Unafraid. That I would speak up immediately, draw sharp lines, and hold them without hesitation. Instead, I found myself half-laughing at things that weren’t funny. Nodding when I didn’t… Read more

  • Ode to Sadness and Indifference

    Everything starts with the decision – to stay, to leave, to change or stand still. And I… I wanted to change… “Ieva, I think one of the turtles passed away! Can you come and have a look?” My mum furrows her eyebrows as she gently holds the turtle in her hands. “He was fine yesterday,… Read more

  • The day I abandoned my religion

    Who was I before words? Before words shaped me, I lived in the wildness of emotions – untethered by meaning, unbound by definition. Who am I without words? Carefully crafted rationalizations and definitions justify the steps I take or serve as heavy blankets, shielding me from what’s outside and what’s within. Who will I be… Read more

  • Prelude to Farewell

    You can’t rescue every stray cat you see on the street.  However, why are there so many stray cats to begin with? I can’t sleep – once again. My inability to drift to rest means only one thing: I am scrolling the news again. My cheeks are wet. Here we go again. Nothing makes sense. … Read more

  • The Glass Bead

    There are times in one’s life when everything seems a little bit too much. There was this bead inside of me; growing bigger and bigger by each passing day. It was burning me from inside out, and at that given time, all I could do was wonder while I grovelled in pain, with no hope… Read more

  • Kaleidoscopic Love 

    There is always someone somewhere discovering the other life, the other self, stepping off into uncharted territory.  Yet, in the midst of knowing this, I also know that I am so small, so ordinary, and do have limited time on my hands to be able to envision the majority of the world.  My view, like… Read more