I lose myself in the water so much I cannot look away. If my fall blesses me, the lilypads might cushion me, And the lotus flowers crown me before I drown. I cannot forget what the trees look like; I see them caressing the hair of my other self, Who smiles from below and reassures me of my destiny. But […]
Like every day, I watch her from afar. Her last days of freedom, she walks along the cliffs and stares at the waves in the distance. Gone are her colourful past gowns, But luckily, I cannot lose her among the waves; the red parasol draws me in like a beacon. Her sister alongside her, A guard with invisible knives pressed […]
Some things in life are organic poems. I don’t need to dissect them in my diary and stitch them up with pretty metaphors, they are born ready to be appreciated. I wore jeans to the first funeral I ever attended. My grandfather’s. Black jeans and a black jumper, in Italy we don’t dress up for funerals, it wasn’t a celebration. […]
In Memoriam. It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Eleonora Pacini, who departed this world on the twelfth of January at the age of twenty. Eleonora was born on the twenty-first of December to Carlotta and Marco Pacini in Prato, Italy. An avid reader, she was studying literature at a local university. She will always be […]
Evian-les-bains, a small town on the French/Swiss border, on the shore of le lac Léman, found in the region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, known for its natural spring water. I wake up at nine, grab my bag (packed the day before) with my wallet, passport, headphones, and a book. Travelling from Lausanne, the ferry departs from the lakeside, known as Lausanne-Ouchy, […]
12th of March. I have always had this striking suspicion that I wasn’t born on my birthday. Maybe I tricked everyone into believing I was, even my own parents. Whatever the case, every year it comes along I smile and thank my family and friends for their gifts and wishes, but deep in my heart, I feel like a fraud. […]
Originally published on https://uosstudyingabroad.wordpress.com/ By the shore of ‘Le lac Léman’, also known as the Geneva Lake, L’Université de Lausanne was founded in 1537. It was initially a school of protestant theology to train pastors for their future roles in the church. It was then turned into a university in 1890, now the country’s second oldest. The few academic differences […]
Autumn I drop my shoes on the floor, they echo through the room. I bend down to put them on, and notice the left one’s laces are shredded. Boots it is. I put them away, and repeat this process for the next few months. Summer I don’t wear flip-flops, they hurt. But today, I did. Someone calls my name and […]
Text me when you get home, remember that I love you. I stare at that message, willing you to open it and text me back. I made it home safe; I love you too. Every day, after school, Down canopy paths of trees and thorns, I’m home, I’m safe, I love you. Years later, call me while walking home, So […]
I stare at the reflections of all my selves from my ribcage.Sometimes, they are lined up in a single file, like how I used to line up my rubber ducks as a child. They gather along my sternum and shift into miniature wooden mannequins. No eyes, teeth, skin, or bones. And then, during those opposite days, they silently sink within […]