All poems and stories

  • Mom and dad, a short story

    ‘Can’t wait to see you and dad. Love you too! Bye-bye!’, Mia gently replaces the phone in its cradle, closes her eyes and takes a few deep breaths. It does not help, her mind is racing, outpacing her heartbeat. ‘Shit! Shit, shit, shit!’, she opens her eyes and sees her reflection in the hallway mirror,…

  • Center, a poem

    Who lives at the center of the universe? Me! This is true for all of us. Close your eyes and plug your ears and everything disappears. I always wonder how others see the world. Is blue the same hue between me and you? What does cabbage do for you, and do we all hate broccoli…

  • Get slow

    Stress is a strange thing. Something immediate like being attacked by a tiger does not cause stress, but triggers the fight or flight response. The stress comes later! As we go about our lives our resolve is stretched like a rubber band, further and further and the stress increases over time with every added challenge.…