Category Archives: Life

Number Game

Posted on January 14, 2015 by shardsofruby

6 degrees of separation makes fools of the best of us. There is 14km between you and 6060km between your souls. (Un)fortunately, he is also $748, 3hours 40 minutes, and 2581km across the South China Sea from you. 9 years of unresolved emotions later, be … Continue reading →

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1 by 2.5 (Remember Your Life)

Posted on January 12, 2015 by shardsofruby

In the confines of the yellow and grey walls on 3 sides, your peripheral vision gets assaulted by random pieces of A4-sized papers fluttering in the wind you do not feel (or was that your imagination?) The words around blur … Continue reading →

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Even If

Posted on August 3, 2014 by shardsofruby

Even if I never see you again, Know that I will always be thinking of you. And even if you never hear from me again, Remember that I love you. Because love is not yearning to be next to you, … Continue reading →

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Seasons and Lights

Posted on May 19, 2014 by shardsofruby

Nothing new under the sun It’s just goodbye New beginnings in spring Withered dreams by autumn What was torched in summer Will be frozen by winter You and I; Magenta and Green When there is more you There will be less … Continue reading →

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State of Mind

Posted on May 7, 2014 by shardsofruby

Standing in the morning train, eyes closed, images of surrounding emptiness filling your head. The coldness of the metal your fingers are curled around, the hardness of the ground your feet are planted upon, the softness of the fabric upon your … Continue reading →

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Those things we keep alive in writing

Posted on April 26, 2014 by shardsofruby

And then I go back and read everything that has ever been written. And then I remember why I made every single decision that I made. You were the worst things that happened in my life, not because of what … Continue reading →

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Mornings and apples

Posted on April 23, 2014 by shardsofruby

It was 5am – she sat by the water staring across the horizon, waiting for the sun to rise. In the darkness, she saw flashes of the mornings she spent on the bridge: the long walks, the conversations, the lightening … Continue reading →

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In the Deepest, Darkest Corner of Our Hearts

Posted on March 27, 2014 by shardsofruby

“What do you think you’ll be in a parallel universe?” “Happy.”

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Broken Pencil

Posted on March 7, 2014 by shardsofruby

Every Monday morning the hordes crowd onto the pavements, into the trains and buses, with nothing in their eyes but resentment towards life, or resignation, if they’re old enough. You have everything you could possibly want in life, except maybe … Continue reading →

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Peter Pan Syndrome

Posted on February 21, 2014 by shardsofruby

I don’t want to grow up. I don’t ever want to be a responsible adult with a day-job and bills and tiresome happy-hour chatters about bosses, clients, and that new slutty secretary. I want to hug you to sleep on a huge mattress … Continue reading →

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