My writings

Here you can find excerpts of books, poetry and other short stories.

night star – prologue

the early evening of a soft autumn day, 2005 The skies should be clear. Like a soul should be free. Like I should be free. But the sky is clouded, and dark. And so am I. Bound to these stupid walls I had built, even while those walls were crumbling down. Sam knew my walls…
The point of no return

Is this what living feels like? The knot in my stomach, the tight feeling in my chest? The world is on fire. Through the sparks I have lost track of the flame. It gets closer. The tight feeling in my chest gets tighter. Sometimes I struggle to breathe. Is this what living sounds like? I…
The Girl and the Book

Even though I loved the garden, I peeked around the branches of the tree sometimes. There was this beautiful field filled with bright red poppies and long stretches of flowing grass, green as the grass should be. The sun would make it look a little bit more yellow from time to time, and the wind…
The Garden: Part Two

I sat on the floor in my apartment, my head resting against the wall.It is back.And I don’t want it.This feeling. The tears. That fear.That internal scream that I tried to hide by swallowing it back as hard as I could, making me nauseous in the process. It puts pressure on my throat and I…
The Garden: Part One

As I sat in the garden and looked around, I saw the sun shining on these wooden walls of my house and I heard the birds chirping while they sat in the trees.And suddenly I whispered to myself: “I have come so far…” I have come from so far down…The sky is blue but it…
Poetry #3: no title

For I have wept,and I have bled,I have seenand I have cried. Through fearsand horrors passingI have said goodbyes. Yet here I write,from the soul withinis my destiny then greaterthan I could ever think? Darkness or shadow –any metaphor you likecomes down to a thingthat creeps in our mind. Fear it, destroy it –anything –…