Does Superficiality Ruin True Love?

Does Superficiality Ruin True Love?

Your exterior speaks volumes, but once you reduce the background noise, what does a cappella tell you? Your heart beats to its own drum, only if you listen hard enough. The first thing you observe about someone is their presentation, outer shell. Whether that be features, hairstyle, scent before even learning their name. The checklist [...]

Monday Mood: Don’t Let Anyone Or Anything Dim Your Light. Periodt.

Monday Mood: Don’t Let Anyone Or Anything Dim Your Light. Periodt.

Monday can feel dull, busy and a premature forced sedative, compelling you back into the recurrent rat race. The squeaky hamster wheel you're glued to. Like you left your sparkle, energy and zing from the weekend before. Is life trying to usurp every last drop you have?No. Snap yourself out of it! Remember, if you [...]

The Takeover Of Tech Gadgets. Social Skills No Longer Necessary?

The Takeover Of Tech Gadgets. Social Skills No Longer Necessary?

Interactions with robots or machinery are more common than a living, breathing human. Who do we say hello to? Is there anyone to acknowledge anymore? You wake up, thankyou Siri. Your first brew of the day has been programmed to begin at 7am.  A warm sourdough bloomer or Parisian baguette baked daily at your local [...]

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 [...]

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