List for my future

Adventures I owe myself (edition one):

– a face to face relationship
– one to three months in each of Valencia, Barcelona, Berlin, Vietnam, Singapore, Japan, Croatia, London, Portugal, Belgium, Amsterdam, Turkey, the beaches of Thailand and Morocco (at a minimum 😛 )
– a camping trip
– a career stint caring for children, or fostering children
– an animal friend
– a visit to a rooftop pool and bar in late summer
– a trip to Darwin, Perth and Brisbane
– a visit to Uluru
– a videography adventure to a light sculpture exhibition
– design and build a light sculpture
– learn how to video jam to live electronic music (that I like)
– go on numerous winery tours in various places across Australia
– design and project manage my bathroom renovation
– sleep under the stars
– sip cocktails on a yacht
– live on a houseboat for a month
– go for a holiday with one of my groups of friends… Read the rest

soul pain

A sickness to the stomach, so vile.

Borne from the realisation that she can’t switch it off.

Can’t ‘refuse to go back there’.

It is a bitter loneliness to walk some uncharted path,

With ‘friends’ who refuse to speak to her.… Read the rest

attention lost

Sitting in my bed,

Enjoying a quiet, lazy morning,

And feeling morose because I haven’t had any attention today.

It always threatens to leave me in peace.

And then comes back.

Maybe this time I will find freedom.

Maybe this time I will stand up for myself.… Read the rest