20 before 30

Below is a list of twenty things I'd like to do by the time I'm thirty years old.

1. Travel through Europe
2. Go to Japan
3. Learn to speak passable French
4. Buy my own house
5. Get my ATCL diploma in Solo Piano
6. Learn a new musical instrument
7. Buy a good acoustic-electric guitar
8. Decorate my own interiors
9. Master cooking
10. Learn how to knit/crochet
11. Learn how to bake
12. Go to Legoland
13. Visit the home of the EU
14. Be less of a hypocrite
15. Go to 221B Baker Street
16. Roadtrip through the United States
17. Perform a song in public
18. Go to a proper concert
19. Completely stop saying “like” and “um” in every conversation, unless necessary.
20. Be more confident

mushy stuff

"The story details a straight line who falls in love with a dot. The dot,

finding the to be line stiff, dull, and conventional, turns her affections

toward a wild and unkempt squiggle. The line then managed to bend himself,

giving rise to shapes so complex he had to letter his sides and angles to keep

his place. The dot then realized that what she had seen in the squiggle to be

freedom and joy was nothing more than chaos and sloth."-Norton Juster

pages

the oatmeal-coloured confines of the waiting game. Toss me overboard and don't bother rescuing me. When I can't see myself how can you see me?

lurking beneath the surface was your shadow

flip a card, it’s do or die. no more murmurs, the ocean will keep our secrets.

I feel myself growing shallower every second/one day I may sprout legs and speak human/these gills will be replaced by finer things, fingers and nails.

intense

You kept me sane, while the world spun chaotic
When the sky fades into shade of grey, I will still be waiting right here,
When you can’t find the words to say, I will help you find a way.
let me catch you.
We glow brighter with each passing second.

moar drafts

Traffic lights don’t stop blinking
My mind it won’t stop dreaming
Startled by those glazed brown eyes
Too late I realised I was surrounded by a wall of lies

Extinguish those flames
Peel back the smokescreen
Before you turn into game

Nestled in your arms, I thought I knew everything
But now I know better. You were the king, I was the pawn on your board, worth little more than nothing
Blaming my chronic inability to tell left from right
I was blinded by your painted brights

draaaaaaaft

your voice cuts through the silence
the heat that sears my ice
You are what people naturally gravitate towards, like satellites on orbit.

take me with you
on a far-flung journey
fold me into your pockets
until I'm invisible
read between the lines
don't hesitate to edit
maybe you'll find
this noisy city
scrawled on a notebook
sketched with coloured pencils
tangled on your shoestrings.
together we can explore the uncharted landscape
erase the distance in between

scatter me like dust,
allow me to settle on your skin like a fine mesh
envelop this space
pause for a moment