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Requiem for Love & Sex

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Tonight, I’ll visit Death. For days I’ve sensed the arrival of this juncture but only realised the precise time a few minutes ago. Knew it as I climbed the last flight of stairs, ten steps in all – a countdown i counted… ten, nine… and then so soon- three, two, one- -to where I’m sliding my guilty key into the iron gate’s lock. The rooftop is my special place. I will miss my stony friend. A glitter of stars ensure that I know which way to fall. The wind tugs … Read the full article…

The truth may be bitter but sharing it is sweet!

Granny Got Hurt

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When you were hurt, I didn’t recognise you because you smile was hiding and your hospital hair was grey When you were hurt, I flashed into our past, sun-shiny moments of beaches and pie that only now burn in my heart When you were hurt, I realised that I’d been uncaring, too drowned in my childhood self to see your adult pain When you were hurt, I realised that I’d failed you… and wondered if you knew that but were too kind to tell me? Then you were dead.

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The truth may be bitter but sharing it is sweet!

Response to Death

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Burn in yourself (every moment) If grief should prey, revel in it for a second and forget in the next When death is on your doorstep, curse it mightily and then give it your biggest smile ’cause this is what it is to Live.

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The truth may be bitter but sharing it is sweet!