Five years
Don’t get discouraged, but this will not be a happy one. Maybe there will be a semi-optimistic message at the end. Easter has ended, and
Women clearly like vengeance
So I wanted to write a bit about the best piece of media I have watched in a long time according to my subjective view,
So I guess I will write about love, again
A year ago, I wrote an article that some people liked – the title was ‘So I guess I will write about love‘, released shortly
A year I don’t want to end
As you might have noticed, I haven’t been writing in almost three months. Still, it was a year of lots of personal writing for me,
Looking into the eyes of obsession
“I have done it again. One year in every ten I manage it—” Sylvia Plath ‘Lady Lazarus’ ~ ~ I remember telling a friend of
That’s still something.
Maybe I lost a friend once again.Someone I saw as a brother, not a man.Maybe there was a silence between us never this loud.At least
Absence and silence
People say that love will only grow in absence. They also say that silence is where real power sits. I’m quiet, but in love I
Love after love after love
~ When do you know that you’ve had more than enough? You’ve seen every shade of skin; you smile and sip wine, Slowly kiss away
In every other case
In every other case When it was me silently demanding reciprocation The lack of understanding Weighed on me In my narcissism ~ Now, I don’t
The danger of a charismatic man
I wrote about angry men. Now, I will write about charismatic ones.* ~ That devil of a man exercises a fascination on me that I
A song for all my past broken hearts
When I am finally normal No longer will I have to cover The price of a sleepless night So thrilling as much as not right
Shut the door
You must hear about confidence Shut the door and look at Your market label As high as How rarely you get hurt ~ Sometimes the
Going to my country to dance
I wanted to write a little sentimental post as going to my country always makes me feel a bit sentimental; also, this is a bit
Side character
There is a side character in every story Sometimes it adds charm Sometimes it’s an old janitor Which shows that some people have to clean
When people tell you to love yourself
So people have had opinions about my posts on love and romance, and I have opinions about that. Something that many tend to ignore is
The philosophy of antiaging
“We live longer but less precisely and in shorter sentences.“ Wislawa Szymborska ~ I’ve been complaining a lot about my neck pain lately, but during
Non Looking
I entered a room with your hanging spirit, Not scared, only itching with a memory. And the fact that we are forced to share it.
A week ago, on Liverpool streets
A week ago, on Liverpool streets, I reminisced about the lost sound Of a sick person in tangled sweaty sheets, The painful moaning, which I would
The road not yet taken
This will not be long; I felt I had to write down something. It has been almost seven years since I moved to the UK.
There will always be an angry man
“If you’re raised with an angry man in your house, there will always be an angry man in your house. You will find him even when he is not
Love and magic 2
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ “Unable to perceive the shape of you, I find you all around me. Your presence fills my eyes with your love. It humbles my
Love and magic
So I often say out loud various beliefs I hold about myself. Things like: ‘I am the most sceptical person in the world’. ‘I only
Amor vincit omnia
Omnia Vincit Amor et nos cedamus amori (“Love conquers all; let us all yield to love”). That is a Latin phrase from Virgil’s Eclogues. Believe
The skin that we live in
Maybe it’s not the most modest thing to say but I get quite a lot of compliments about my skin. I do take care of
Is it love or is it limerence?
I have no idea what high school literature classes look like in other countries, but in Poland, there is a long list of mandatory books
Spring reinvention
Recently I have been thinking a lot about the act of reinventing yourself following big changes to your life. Perhaps you have been in this
Ramadan, rebirth, Easter
We are getting to the end of Lent and the beginning of the holy month of Ramadan. I have lived through both traditions throughout my
I used to write love poems
How was your valentine’s? I had my first single valentine’s day in 9 years. And probably I wouldn’t even think about it if two extremely
Female freedom
“The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear.” – Aung San Suu Kyi ~ When I think of
Permission to dance
Yes, the title is inspired by a mediocre BTS song. The truth is that all I want to do these days is write and dance.
So I guess I will write about love
“Love is never wasted, for its value does not rest in reciprocity“ C.S. Lewis Are you sure, C.S.? No, I’m not going to discuss the
Spiritualism for people who believe in nothing part 2
As this is my favourite topic in the world (i.e. religions), I felt like I had to write a bit more about it. Last time,
Spiritualism for people who believe in nothing
I tend to avoid talking about my religious beliefs while at the same time, I love asking people whether they believe in something themselves. Quite
20 Days Into 2023
Marcel Proust was a very miserable person. Like many writers, poets and weaklings of such sort, he was a sickly child, with a very close
Let’s leave shame in 2022
Do we all live in shame? This year, I made a commitment to myself, that I will not let my life decisions be led by
Ready for Christmas
I am planning to have a short social media break around Christmas and probably until the end of this year but I really wanted to
Travelling doesn’t make you a better person
Between 2016 and 2019 I think I might have lied many times in official documents about my address. The actual place where I spent most of
I always fear 11th November
11th November 2022 should have been my brother’s 38th birthday, but he will never be older than 35. Three years after his death, I know
Be more than pretty. But if you’re not, nothing really matters
When I recently told my boss about another dental appointment I had to go to (probably a third one in two weeks), I needed to
Why is it so easy to hate women?
Have you ever been loved or wanted by a man while feeling like he resented you for your power over him? The power dynamic between
My identity as an Eastern European woman
I hear from many people that Poles don’t like each other. We cringe seeing other people of our nation speaking Polish at airports, especially if
My thoughts on grief
Without going into too much private detail, in the last three years, I have gone through more grief than I had done in the earlier