I’m thrilled to have a new personal essay published today at Black Lipstick. I had forgotten how much I enjoyed … More
Tag: mental health
Another Psychosis, Another Involuntary Section
Another ID wristband—tethered to this earth only by name and number. Another locked room—unopenable from the inside, trapped in terror. … More
“Strong and Sturdy”
CW/TW: suicidal ideation. The grotesque irony of realising that you do indeed need to be hospitalised for your own safety … More
Notebook Fragments: 2018-2022
Content warnings: Mental illness, suicidality, self-harm, disordered eating, addiction, death, sexual assault. Notebook Fragments: 2018-2022 (after Ocean Vuong) x Obsessively … More
Baby Boy
The last time I walked this far I was a wine-drenched wreck, class A in my veins, suddenly off venlafaxine … More
Heart(less)
I kept explaining my heart away. Too heavy to carry, too broken to mend, I dreamt that that mess of … More
Savage
The night before you were killed, I was drinking at the pub where you were tending the bar. After the … More
First Cut: Interview with Stephen J. Golds
The first book in the First Cut Poetry series, Poems for Ghosts in Empty Tenement Windows I Thought I Saw … More
City Triptych
1. Thursday night in the city / 10pm-ish I think / I’m busy / doing nothing / watching / the … More
Blunt Force
You see things and hear things that “aren’t real” [apparently, according to everybody else but it’s all real to you] … More
Treacle Heart 
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