Category: Writing

  • 2020

    2020

    The balcony overlooked an alleyway that was easy to miss. A tight and rounded little road littered with cigarette butts, roller doors, mixed run off of waste and debris from the apartments that surrounded it. The heat was palpable, the Sydney smoke was at its peak even before the fireworks had made their mark. The…

  • A Boy On The Road Less Travelled

    A Boy On The Road Less Travelled

    Dedicated to my Brother and my Sister-In-Law. No moment in space or time could possibly equate. This was the true moment of clarity, after the bells and whistles evaporated into the atmosphere. Months of organising, re-organising, purchasing, re-purchasing—through the tiring decisions of every minute detail, here they were, standing on the precipice of their happily…

  • A Boy On The Platform

    A Boy On The Platform

     The smile was there, a sweat soaked melancholia had taken hold of the final hours of his journey. It was a busy midsummers day on the outskirts of Padua and all who surrounded him were in their own stories, paying very little attention to the dishevelled and overgrown stranger who stood amongst them.   They were…

  • A Boy In Verona

    A Boy In Verona

    The Summer months were coming to an end, so too was his journey. The final few days of his adventure had been potent, coated in a melancholic beauty. He always walked behind her. Curious to blur the lines between the film in his head, and the reality that was.  It had been some time since…

  • Road to Sziget – A Brief Prologue

    Road to Sziget – A Brief Prologue

    “The highs and lows eventually culminated into a week of true detachment from the depressing reality of a cannibalistic world, and into the main vein of Neverland.”