Tag: grey areas
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Sober Alcoholics: (I don’t know who I am)
It’s been like this for a while now. I’ve forgotten the basics of what makes me to be me. It’s difficult to recognise the being I’ve turned out to be. I’ve always thought I was forever going to be on top of things. At first, I just wanted to be modern. Tradition looked like it […]
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Sober Alcoholics: (Natural doesn’t sell)
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, they say. My eyes are always looking at a screen. The screen always has something to say about what I’m looking at. Actually, the screen always has something to sell. The screen is a such a smooth talker, I even forget they’re just trying to get a […]
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Sober Alcoholics: (The Domino Effect)
My past is haunting me. I can pin point the decision leading to the empire tumbling. Now the pursuit to corrections is followed by a tremendous feeling of stagnation. Life cannot move until it’s rectified, but time passes by and I always feel I’m left behind. And then it’s a race against time, resulting in […]
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Pace vs. Stamina
Pace vs. stamina I started running a few days ago with two co runners with pace, one thing that I don’t have, but God has blessed me with stamina. Stamina by definition: “Ability to sustain a prolonged physical and mental effort”. We started running with a small pace but as we kept running they increased […]
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Sober Alcoholics: (Afraid of the Dark)
They say, when days are dark, friends are few. But also when it’s dark, my shadow fades too. How do I blame anyone when I can’t see anything? Maybe they’re also in the dark and they can’t see me. Truth be told, light only touches the surface. Darkness goes deeper. When there’s light, everyone sees […]
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Sober Alcoholics: (Cutting Onions)
I enter the kitchen, start looking.I find something as I prepare for cooking.Not a great cook, but one has to eat before sleeping.As I begin, I have my knife, I start chopping. The knife hits the chopping board in some sort of a rhythm.The music lover in me, listens and tries to keep it going.And […]