Category: Through The Wonderwall

It’s easy to overlook these moments. At first sight, they look rather routine or insignificant. They wouldn’t warrant a second glance whatsoever and you buzz past them at an alarming rate everyday. Perhaps it’s time to take a closer look.

There’s a voice — one that we barely hear, shadowed by the noise of our kind or masked by sounds born in its own home. It has plenty to say, perhaps it would do us good to listen. To stop, hold our breaths and hear it echoing for miles.

Walking into the bar, he announced his arrival.Heard her singing across and ceased moving.“I long for the ocean”, a melody filled the air,Waves that once lay still were now grooving.

We are all broken, we are all reeling. From a lifetime of heartbreaks, rejections, and glances that were never returned. Every closing of the eyelids brings back memories comfortably buried in the depths of the mind. And we do not like anything that intensifies this feeling. No, we hate it with all our might. How…

It had been too long a day. She unlocked the door, fully prepared to fall asleep as soon as her head hit the pillow. As she entered, she looked around the room and was surprised to find it entirely dark.

Let me ask you a question. As you are reading this, look around you. How many living beings do you see?Count them for me, will you?Alright, now we can resume.

Seven.The clock struck seven and I knew it was time to wake up. As I pulled the curtains open, it seemed like any ordinary day. But in many ways, it was not.You see, had I woken up to this day a year ago, or even seven months ago, it would seem perfectly normal. That’s the…

It was a late Wednesday evening and the table was surrounded by happy faces. Faces that were mere strangers not so long ago.How did we get here? That’s the question that seems to cross my mind most often.How is it that I know which one of them won’t like this dinner spot? How come I…

Do you ever wonder how many faces you pass by with the same song echoing in their earphones as yours? Because I do.I wonder how many would-bes have perished while we are constantly looking down at our phones, how many stories have been lost in the constant battle of avoiding eye contact in a crowd…