Each time you slit your wrists and sewed them closed your skin grew stronger. Every scar someone forever a part of you. I don’t know who I am anymore. I have no skin left unscarred, no part of my heart undamaged. But a a damaged heart is better than no heart. And despite the bloody…
Mornings are colourless. No matter the sun, no matter the beauty of this city, I don’t have time. I struggle to keep this pace. I need motivation for every move that brings me closer to the front door. The coffee is cold and the food is tasteless. The shower is burning hot, but I don’t feel…
I grew up in a small village in Belgium near the border of France. Both of my parents were blue collar workers working in shifts. My great grandmother used to take care of us a lot, especially picking us up from school and looking after us until my parents came home. I don’t remember a…
Few things are true in life, but death is one of them. We all die; that’s a fact. Among all, some are allowed to be witnesses of their own death. Though, very few people are able to experience the awareness of their own upcoming death. I don’t even know that feeling; but he did. I…
I always knew I will leave my hometown one day. I knew I had to. I dreamt about being able to live somewhere else where people didn’t know me and I didn’t need to hide myself anymore. Because keeping secrets and hiding was a modus operandi for me for many years. But I also knew…
5 years ago, I finally realised my dream to go abroad for one year as an exchange student. I had the great opportunity to live 1 year in Brazil in 3 different families. At first I was scared to go there cause I didn’t speak any Portuguese. But soon enough I realised it didn’t matter…
I am the youngest of the 5 children in my family. We lived in a small village in the middle of nowhere, 125 kilometers away from Lisbon. It was one of the hottest region of the country. My mother has 14 siblings, my father 12. You can say that we are a big family. I…
Where do I even begin? At this very moment of my life, I am feeling very down, because it’s been 2 months since I decided to be on diet again. I have this complex about my body because I have very low confident about my physics. I have always hated my body. When I was…
“To know my being, my body is paramount to me. I always want to be sure that I know Me, I know who I am, how I am and how I feel. To feel, to understand and comprehend oneself can easily be one of the best things in this world.” —- Duarte Machdo (INSTAGRAM: @INDIGOXINTI)
It was not long after I turned 18, I already had a license to drive and my father lent me his car to go to the rehearsal we had with an amateur theater company in which he participated. A little before finishing the essay I received a call from him. His name was Polo and…
