Holding
There are moments when another person’s pain reaches across the space between us and touches something familiar.
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Is That Rain I Hear?
A poem about waiting, uncertainty, and the quiet courage of continuing without knowing what comes next.
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Still, I Believe
Hope is not believing that love will never hurt us again. It is choosing to remain open, even after it has.
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After Disruption
A poem about what remains after certainty falls away – and the quiet decision to stay open, stay in relationship, and choose love anyway.
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Sunday Lunches
My strongest childhood memories are not of places but of Sunday lunches: paprika-scented kitchens, opera drifting through open windows, and my father’s stories unfolding around the table.
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The GP Who Believed Me
Sometimes the most important intervention is not a medication or a procedure, but belief. This story reflects on illness, autonomy, and the GP who listened when others would not.
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Learning to Disappear
Sometimes the safest way to survive is not to be seen. A story of migration, belonging, and the strategies we develop to protect ourselves.
