We’re being tracked. Some say followed, others call it haunting, all ways to ensure ultimate dictatorship over humanity. Those who survived the war at least. At birth, everyone undergoes implantation of a numbered chip. #3859 for example. It monitors everything, conversations, thoughts, location, you name it. That was until people began gauging cavities in their …
They ask me do I speak their tongue, And I am forced to answer no, For I knew it when I was young, However the words no longer flow. And it’s this absence that they shame For they believe I’ve forgotten my place, Can I even pronounce my name? Can I even recognise their …
The forest seems to silence me And silence my worries And instead of constant stress Now it is the bird song that fills my heart The trunks of vast trees rise above The foliage hugging the ground Gracefully swimming through the air Moving like a koi through water The canopy envelopes the air above me …
The word plunges into the ground beside me, an arrow launched from the longbow of a mouth. My heel is nearly incapacitated by the dagger-thin point of a bouba-kiki, smooth and precise but with a deadly, penetrating arrowhead. Turning around in surprise, I glimpse a volley of extended noun-phrases, fronted adverbials and other such lethal …
Words have immense power, not because of the sounds they make, but because of the meanings we attach to them and how they resonate with people. A single sentence can inspire a movement, break a heart, or bring peace to a restless mind. This power doesn’t come from the words themselves, but from the people …
When we’re little, we write about unicorns, houses of gingerbread, and flying whales. The moon made of cheese and the magic of the easter bunny, distractions from the thought of the future. Our lives were met with fantasies, our imaginations never ending. Writing was never at a stop, words on a page beginning to spring …
Speak of the present. Nothing special, right? That’s what I always thought, until I saw this very special dart one day. I could control it with much precision and launch it with much force. It always splattered specks of colour when it hit its target, and one colour only. These specks could create macabre masterpieces, …
In every corner of the world, power takes shape in many forms – money, politics, military might – but one of the most overlooked forces is the quiet dominance of words. “Power” is not just about vocabulary or eloquence; it is the ability to shape thought, steer perception, and influence action through language. It is …
