I was grown with decadence along with love and care. I was first to bloom and first to give an heir.  The eldest in a fragrant bunch, my parents were blessed. Day by day I bloomed with my kin in amassed.  I was taught to spread my presence and enrich the masses. I was fruitful […]

The small, ancient town of Wellington bustled with activity. People rushed in and  out of slightly unkempt buildings. Cars traveled by slowly, making sure to stay under  the 40 kilometre per hour speed limit, and families walked past the dusty shops on  the worn-down, chiseled pavement. A candyfloss vendor sold sticks of unpromising  candyfloss from […]

I’m not really fishing, you know; I’m just looking at them passing by I don’t know why But I just don’t want to try. I just guess Fishing takes too much effort And it’s a little sad When the fish don’t like the bait It’s scary when dangerous fish Get caught. I don’t Want A […]

What exactly the golden shore Seek from the colorless gentle bundles of waves Who come across time to time to the shore Is it love? Is it the company? Is it the existence that makes her glow? Steady she stands, holding the ground Even though the waves take a bit of hope, A bit of […]

  Someone creeping in her rose bushes, The hustle of leaves through the weeping of the wind Someone whom She had never met, an unfamiliar presence   A chill runs down her bent spine, Burning the little hope on life she had The hairs on her back stood up, a standing ovation, In fear or […]

I am a Reader A wandering soul living in between pages of writing I dive deep into the sea of vocabulary, One word to the next, Tethered together by rich literary devices   I am a Reader,  Individual who depends on the ability to read, As a mundane would depend on the ability to breathing […]

Whenever I have a surge of emotions When I feel the rush of tears into my eyes A tsunami of sensations gushing over me I struggle to process its presence, An unexpected guest at noon   Then I take refuge in my room and grab my weapons, I turn to a fresh canvas and paint […]

  ‘’THUD!’’ ‘’Shshsh…’’ ‘’Did you hear that?’’ Silence whispered, Invisible yet present. I nodded my head Knowing that I Am not meant to break the silence. Kept my human hand On my porcelain heart, To try and stop The flow of invisible blood. Carefully. For,  the bits and pieces Of The broken Porcelain heart Could possibly bruise […]

The train is late.  New York. 6.00AM  I groaned as I pulled the sheets over my head as the shards of sunlight shine through my blinds. Monday. Outside I could heat the rush of people trying to get to work, the horns blaring as drivers impatiently wove their way through the traffic. The Pedestrians trying […]

Winner of the Chokolaate Creatives – Suicide Prevention campaign “Break The Silence”   THE SEVEN By Kahless J. Hameed The Seven stood, intertwined, Not in body, but by mind. One was cloaked and held a scythe, The other, cold and distant time. The third was feeble, bent with age, The fourth, a storm that always […]