Lesson Learnt: If You Like Calfskin, Don’t Buy Pleather. 

Lesson Learnt: If You Like Calfskin, Don’t Buy Pleather. 

We all have preferences. Don't tailor your taste for another's tastebuds. Devalue to be valued equates to no resale value. Receipts deduct imitators, figuratively speaking. The philosophy of life, we make more difficult than is. The reason why, our brains. Sometimes I wish I didn’t have one. Actually I refute that,  I wish I only [...]

Life Is Short, Filter Through The BS.

Life Is Short, Filter Through The BS.

Why is a prognosis the biggest wake up call life can give you? Tomorrow is a new day. Each is a lesson. Anything worth doing takes time. Family, friends and/or foe all take nuggets of time. Time we didn’t perceive as special, until now. You realise life isn’t promised and the simplest of moments mean [...]

A Time Capsule – Poem.

A Time Capsule – Poem.

A lucid dream,  Sordid I now see, A calculated calibration,  Mistaken sedation, The soul laid bare, Yours, if only you cared. Memories treasured in time, As you rewrite what’s mine, Exploitation, personified. A new summer’s day, falsified, Pea smoke fog mystifies,  Programmed, I stay hypnotised. Rewired, who am I? Copyright © 2024 by Antonia Dale

How Can You Respect Others If You Don’t Respect Yourself?

How Can You Respect Others If You Don’t Respect Yourself?

“How are you? Are you well? Are you okay? How’s life been? If ever you want to talk, I’m here”. Let’s stop this one-sided cycle; who’s loving you? And most importantly, who’s respecting you? It’s like a never ending marathon without a water station in sight. I’m parched and proceeding to dire dehydration if I [...]

Are You Worthy?

Are You Worthy?

Dishing out advice may seem far easier than asking yourself the soul-churning question, often either rhetorical or left unanswered. Am I worthy? Life feels like a movie. You pause, rewind and resume where you left off. Following another’s clapperboard is far easier than your own. Their narrative is easier to confide in than yours. But [...]