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Tag: memories

Liberteens

“Located in a peaceful and secluded part of Southgate, Priory Hospital North London is set within a striking Grade I … More

addiction, alcohol, childhood, drugs, memories, mental illness, nostalgia, overdose, poem, poetry, teenage, teenagers, teens, youth

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anxiety, book, childhood, death, depression, family, love, memories, memory, mental illness, poems, poetry, Poland, sadness, writing

#hash

I feel so far removed from the thousand or so nights that I spent splayed out on that broken bed, … More

drugs, escapism, hash, life, lyrics, memories, mental health, mental illness, music, poetry, prosetry, short prose, smoking, teenage, teens, writing

Life As We Know It (Now)

Fortnightly overdoses and falling asleep in the bath Ridiculous wine descriptions and tattooed knuckles Antiseptic and anticipation Disappearing acts and … More

alcohol, crazy, drugs, food, life, London, love, madness, memories, poetry, prosetry, sex, writing

Red Sea

from an old notebook, Spring 2015: Edmonton Lidl frozen aisle basket a woman’s face confused red wine badness red sea glass barefoot bloody … More

diary, experience, journal, life, London, memories, mental health, mental illness, Moleskine, notebook, psychosis, writing, wtf

​Friends in Low Places

A stranger came up to me one night on the South Bank to tell me that she always sleeps with … More

city, crazy, death, humanity, life, London, madness, memories, murder, notebook, strangers, suicide, summer, writing

Southend-On-Sea

We were standing on the old sea wall, one Saturday night in August. I was looking out across the grey … More

friendship, happiness, heartbreak, Hijacked Amygdala, history, life, love, memories, poem, poetry, relationships, strangers, writing

Tantrum

January 10th 2007. I had just broken my New Year’s resolution which was to attend whole days of school, from … More

change, depression, emotion, family, Hijacked Amygdala, life, memoir, memories, miss you, past, relationships, teenager, tragedy, writing

Definition

THE DEFINITION OF DRUNK IN LOVE: I know you remember my laughter as we drunkenly cartwheeled down the silent corridor … More

happiness, heartbreak, Hijacked Amygdala, life, love, memories, nostalgia, poem, poetry, relationships, writing

Father’s Day

Happy Father’s Day, to the greatest Dad that we ever could have wished for! I knew this day would be … More

alcohol, bereavement, coping, dad, daughter, essay, family, Father's Day, grief, letter, love, memories, metaphor, remembrance

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