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I Woke Up Early, and I Missed You
There is darkness and stillness outside. I didn’t kiss you Goodnight because I was overwhelmed with exhaustion, falling quite suddenly, into a deep and lonely sleep, at about half nine, and now it’s almost five AM, and I am in my garden, listening to the whispers of the wind, early birdsong and the talking of…
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Internalised Misogyny Is A Sickness/I Am, In Fact, Like The Other Girls
I am, in fact, like the other girls. Sick of being sent into battle against the other girls, sick of being taught to hate the other girls, sick of the deep sickness of internalised misogyny, that makes its way deep under your skin, painting hatred through the veins, until you are poisoned. Grasping at your…
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Good Things Are Coming Soon
Escaping out the window, I rest on the roof, chirping like a little bird, soaking up the sweetness of the sun. I write a love song with the harmonising wind, keeping a fragment of your voice inside my inner monologue, for those moments when my body feels like it can’t survive another day without being…
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Iris Bentley – Another Victim Of British Justice
There is a lonely room at the back of the house, an empty chair at breakfast, a path that lays dormant, never walked because he never got the chance. Time stopped when he left, I know you didn’t feel it, but I did. There was a part of me, torn from my soul, separated, tormented…
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Phil Spector Was A Murderer and An Abusive Misogynist
Ronnie sits atop a golden coffin, her heels click a beat on the glass top, talking to rainbows, about barbed wire and bullets that threatened to run down her face like tear drops. She sings a sweet song of freedom, reclaiming the voice that was locked behind golden gates and walls of waiting. Lana lies…