Zaid Ismail
Zaid Ismail
@zaidie@zaidismail.com

Author, life coach, and mental health activist. We need to change the narrative from disorders, illnesses, and survival to accountability, understanding, and thriving.

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  • I’m tired of having the whole bed to myself. I want to be able to say, “this is my side of the bed”, and reach over to feel the flesh of one that I love on her side of the bed. I want to experience the flutter caused by her tender kiss against my cheek,…

  • Amongst the universal truths, is hypocrisy. It transcends race, religion and culture with the same ferocity as a dust storm. Cynically Jaded

  • She is a lie

    undertheforensicsmicroscope: An unearthly void winning the game of pretend Her careful steps and soothing whispers, A saintly disguise If you dare thread her face you’ll see the unreal sorrow  and her tears, flavoured with gloom, a flow of rhythmic agony Stitching you in slowly in her tapestry of calumnies.

  • Insomnia

    After a long time, insomnia is back. I suspected it would return when I finally threw in the towel. No rest for the damned, is there?