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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The story of that (empty) house
This house, no, THAT house held many things. In it’s wall grew a tangle of thoughts, emotions, musings wanderings, knotted together with desire, hope, love and courage decaying with anger, misunderstanding, insecurity and indifference This house, no, THAT house was built on a strong yet unsteady foundation of fascination That house (yes, I’ve learnt…
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Do not love too long
cortneyking: “SWEETHEART, do not love too long: I loved long and long, And grew to be out of fashion Like an old song. All through the years of our youth Neither could have known Their own thought from the other’s, We were so much at one. But O, in a minute she changed— O do…
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A cure for love?
krapax: there is no cure for this madness that is lovethere is no pillor ointmentor therapy for this ailment there are only kissesand hugsand cuddly little sessions of intimacyand romance beneath white ceilingsand squeaky fansdark hands hold tightto each otherundercovers so this madness is shared between them.
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Forget about my life… She’s the best thing to ever happen to my poetry (via slycrow)
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Words often fail me when my heart is overwhelmed. It seems that only my arms could ever express my true yearning for her, and only my lips would be able to provide an indication of the passion that I feel when I think of her. She is, and always has been, from the moment I…
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Lilies in love…the natural arch of her body leaning unconsciously into mine, without restraint, nor with surrender, just leaning and taking comfort. Not a word need be uttered. Just a simple expression of the heart so sincere that never a word could describe. This photo was taken in April 2010 at the Kruger Park Lodge in…
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Beyond the difficult path lies an ocean of joy, comfort and peace, just waiting for you to embrace it with all the love and devotion your heart yearns to express. But you must want it, or else it will forever elude you. This photo was taken in Cape Town. It features a stranded cargo ship…
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We judge by appearance because it requires a lot less energy and conviction, and it doesn’t make us vulnerable in the process. If we were to look too closely, we may acquire the responsibility of caring and that is far too daunting in a soul-less world. So let’s stare from afar, judge without knowledge, and…