Author: Dcconnoisseur

Artist unknown If you look hard enough, you are not that different from everyone else... Perfect description, you find yourself in a group, laughing, drinking, smirking, then zoning out. As though you were watching from the window with a wistfulness that leaves you in awe of what it feels like to fully belong. Being both… Continue reading Fringe People

Artist unknown Do you remember how your favorite people came into your life? If you can, you'd see the tapestry of wonder and the compilation of love that forms you. They say it all begins with hey, and again at "I do" but I remember mine started with do you think we should change our… Continue reading A compilation of love

Artist: Theophilus Tetteh When the broken parts become healed, the pain becomes worth it The last time she thought about her future was when she was looking at him. She could imagine what a day after work would look like. They'd be in their corners around the house doing their separate things, being together, sharing… Continue reading Revising dreams

Artist unknown Lately she forgot to live simply because she thought she was still her and that should be enough... Have you *adulted" so hard that you forget how to play? Everything just seems serious or potentially serious and when none of that is going on, you can't just seem to get the zeal to… Continue reading Wishlist

Art by Jacob Lawrence Love ever surrounds us. We miss it simply because we do not acknowledge how much love already exists in our lives. My Lovers, This title is all-encompassing because it covers love present, past, and future. More than that, the inverse is also true, all the people that'd ever love me. I… Continue reading To all the people I will ever love

By Anna Zalewska Ever found yourself oscillating bad decisions? or experiencing a dilemma about what you should be doing versus what you find yourself doing?  For instance, the kind of people you should  attract and be attracted to versus the ones you do, the places you should be found or not found, why you must… Continue reading The disconnect between ought to and is

Art by Rene Gruau This post has to start with this emoji😂 because I know how weird this title sounds. Further, how one of my friends will probably come to me to ask how my mind works but hear me out.... I think pain is a better teacher than pleasure, the lessons are deep and… Continue reading Romance with Pain

Painting by Hateliearts This is a piece I have wanted to write for the longest time as it largely forms the basis of some of my conversations around building memories and reaching certain decisions. I know you must have heard or read about how our body stores up trauma. I'd like to think it is our… Continue reading The Body Remembers

Art by Judy Bowman How can we really love people if we are selective of the parts we want to know? If you think about it but not for too long, you'd realise that we all have our little corners of the world. Where we take a larger piece of life, like a buffet and… Continue reading Making Space