Poetry

Purple Flowers

Purple flowers, Stand to the hours Of the “No”s ­ And the fear.   Purple flowers Acknowledge the loss, From the unexpected  Battle of nightmares.   Purple flowers  Speak in colour,  Out of the silence  In monochrome.   They do not apologise  For falling Where no place to fall  Should have been.   Purple flowers  …

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Power from the Pain

Ice cracks Thawing Cold that was But is there No More.   Torture and nightmares Panics and horror Irrationality Loss – identity Loss – confidence Loss – reality Crisis   The continuous cycle is Paused   I breathe normally Sensations come back The ice within is consumed into water   I am controlled by me …

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Where do we stand with Rape on Our Screens?

by Sabrina Mahmood (Trigger warning: this article contains references to rape, which may be distressing for some)   Have you ever seen ‘The Last House on The Left’? It’s classified as a horror film, and being a well-known name in the horror world, I decided to watch it. When I read the info on the …

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