Writing Update: March 2024

 

For the last couple of weeks, I have been working on a personal project. I recently realised that, over the past 7 to 11 years, I have been listening to various toxic and negative people who only criticised my writing. This severely damaged my confidence and motivation to write. Although it saddens me that I wasn’t able to recognise this and get those individuals out of my life sooner, I am glad I was finally about to see what was happening and do something about it 💪

Trolls

It is late in the day. Your broken watch hangs uselessly from your thin wrist. The leather strap that once hugged your skin now keeps its distance, only touching you where it has to. But the sky has changed to a murky blue and the orange sunlight is low enough to get in your eyes. You used to love that time of day and watch as the sun disappeared. Back when you were welcome at home. Remembering the glass bottle in your hand, you take a drink. The not-quite-cold beer fills your mouth with the familiar hop taste and quenches your thirst for a moment. The wind blows cold still, so you decide to find shelter for the night.

The Unknown Woman of the Seine

You were found in the river ...

an immortal, sleeping beauty

who paid a small price.

Now, your plaster cast eyes are shut

beneath a smooth, pale forehead

and sculpted eyebrows.