Naivety World

  • A Return to Softness: Launching Naivety World

    A Return to Softness: Launching Naivety World

    Over the years, I’ve watched how the world treats love. It’s become a game of who cares less, who can hold out longer and who can be more emotionally unavailable. We’re told mystery is more attractive, vulnerability is dangerous, and if we want to be wanted, we have to be…

  • It’s Giving… Work in Progress

    It’s Giving… Work in Progress

    I hardly realized when I turned 30. It didn’t feel like a big deal. If it wasn’t for the surprise party my colleagues planned, I probably would’ve had a quiet dinner at home, watching my favorite romcom and calling it a night.  Then came the inevitable questions: “How does it…

  • Naive Girls with Romcom Hearts

    Naive Girls with Romcom Hearts

    I have seen and experienced a huge shift in relationships. I almost thought, after not being in this space for a while, it’d be relatively clear getting back in. But instead, it’s like finally getting a glass of water after being desperately thirsty for too long. I want to drink…

  • Eventually

    Eventually

    I shouldn’t have given in to him so fast. But at the time, it didn’t feel fast. I did after all want him just as much if not more. I think it was way more. I looked at him now, feeling him revert to a version I didn’t know, now…

  • When Silence Weighs Heavy

    When Silence Weighs Heavy

    Here I am again, alone in the backseat of a rental car. The chauffeur doesn’t spare me a glance. It’s just as well; I’ve had enough of meaningless exchanges today. He pulls up to my building with quiet efficiency, stepping out to open my door. “Will that be all, ma’am?”…

  • 24 Hours

    24 Hours

    “Where do you get the time to write” my friend asked me one day. I don’t really get the time. I make the time. I have to. Scratch that. I want to. We all have 24 hours in a day. But in life, you’ll often feel like someone else is…

  • Make Me Your Villain

    Make Me Your Villain

    This morning, on my way to work, I had one of those all too familiar experiences that make you wonder what’s wrong with some people. I was walking towards a matatu when I noticed a man watching me. From the corner of my eye, I saw him straighten up from…

  • Time doesn’t heal all wounds

    Time doesn’t heal all wounds

    Time doesn’t heal all wounds It just teaches us to carry them differently In the hunch of your shoulders The weight of your sighs The way your laughter Never quite reaches your eyes You become a master of disguise Pretending the ache is gone That the scar doesn’t throb Because…

  • When Friendship Fades

    When Friendship Fades

    “Hey, it’s been a while.” That’s where it all begins, the while. The while that creates space, the while that turns into months, then years, and eventually leaves a gap wide enough for misunderstandings, assumptions, and unspoken expectations. It’s the while that turns friends into strangers. Maybe not all, but…