The Mundane Artist

"The evil you do remains with you, the good you do comes back to you." - Old Hunchback, Of Good And Evil by Samir D'Silva.

I sat at a corner table. It was a decent bar. The lights were dim, and there was a low murmur of people talking, with the occasional uproar of laughter from the table on the other side of the room. I had a glass of beer. It was full. I had taken just one sip in the past 10 minutes. Maybe because of the book that was in front of me. A worn out leather-bound book. I know. Cliche. An uproar of laughter startled me. I didn't realize that I was staring at the book. I sighed, suddenly exhausted. I asked for the bill, paid money for the still full-one-sipped beer and left.  It was a dark night. I couldn't see the moon anywhere. The stars seemed to be shrouded with a black cloth. I don't know why but I usually look down and walk. It's a habit. I've been asked to change it by my family, my friends and my girlfriend. But I just rolled my eyes or shrugged it off with a "yeah." I turned to the left towards the bus station, but I was met by a wall. "Ouch. ...

"The difference between a lady and a flower girl is not how she behaves, but how she's treated."   -Eliza Doolittle, Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw. 

You know, it's been a while since feminism has been in existence. The word was coined in the 17th century. So yes, it's been here for a while. When we talk about feminism, somehow, it is more likely to be linked to something major. Which is not wrong. But you know what's wrong? When you don't apply it in real life scenarios that includes YOU,YOU and YOU. Let me elaborate. As someone who just graduated from high school, I am someone who has observed it, witnessed it and done it too. You'd be lying to yourself if you didn't overtly demean a fellow girl (who may be your friend, classmate, acquaintance, etc.) because you didn't approve of her choice or you were jealous of her.  I am not asking you to go all chummy with every decision or every person you come across. You have your opinions and you are entitled to them. You can suggest. But when does this suggestion or opinion become a judgement? When you demean or belittle them. When you use abusi...

"Enjoy what you have, every little detail of wherever you are. Don't focus on where you aren't ."   -Guardian Dimitri Belikov, Vampire Academy: Last Sacrifice by Richelle Mead.

the calendar has cross marks, waiting for the day, for it to stop. when will it stop? the glaring touch; the mark left without a touch. why are you asking me? to wear appropriately, accusing me of obscenity.  why don't you ask them?  to behave appropriately, excusing them with sexuality. i look at my body in the mirror; i see scars. these scars won't be seen to the naked eye, now ingrained in me. i asked you; you roughly brushed it off my body. i wear what i want, but immediately want cover, because those claws come by.  i fight, i do, i promise.  but it's hard; hard to not bother; hard to not wince.  why is it that when someone cared they asked ME to get shelter, and not the other person to go away.  but the other person doesn't go away; he trespasses into the shelter you asked me to get. "Safe".. Ha. he trespasses further into me; i wonder where i went wrong.  when i told you, you washed me, you...