Is Patience A Virtue Or Just A Losing Game?

Is Patience A Virtue Or Just A Losing Game?

To be understood, time, perseverance; we’ve all exhibited or witnessed these honourable qualities. But when do you set your timer reminding you to that time’s up? We tend to practice patience in everyday life. Work, shopping, cooking/takeaway, interacting, romantically, we’re reminded that a certain degree of allowance is key to functionality. But when do you [...]

Is Disrespect Defined By Personal Interpretation Or Evaluation By Others?

Is Disrespect Defined By Personal Interpretation Or Evaluation By Others?

Insult, whether that be to you or me. Is that worthy of deliberation by onlookers or a jury; or individual classification? Life isn’t an exact science. We’re ever changing creatures built with our own uniquely designed senses, as we’re not an inanimate object which you can duplicate to your heart’s content. Cars are designed with [...]

Should You Judge Someone By The Company They Keep?

Should You Judge Someone By The Company They Keep?

Are you a product of your surroundings? Or should you not judge a book by its cover? If those around you have no morality, how accurate will your viewpoint of morality truly be? If you opt to be pen pals with corruptive fellows, can you profess innocence in its entirety? We're individuals yes, but to [...]

The Influx Of Men Expecting Women To Provide Financially For The Family?

The Influx Of Men Expecting Women To Provide Financially For The Family?

You push out the child, raise the child, provide financially and emotionally for the child... all the while having a "partner". Why are women being taken for a ride? Is this what equality looks like? Hi, my name's Jack. I’m looking for a wife; has her head on straight; family orientated; career driven… but not [...]

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