This piece is about the struggle to rise above things that we can’t control. When we’ve exhausted all means of solving a problem and the only remaining option is to just walk away. The panic of being trapped in an impossible situation is lifted by the realization that we can still control ourselves, our actions [...]

This piece is inspired by a poem of the same name by Pablo Neruda. The poem speaks to me because I too have struggled with the “fool” inside. As we grow older, there seems to be a universal need to appear more confident, intelligent and self-assured. However, I’ve begun to realize that this is an [...]

I am an Eastern European-Canadian. There is a lot of history, pain, joy and loss in my genes. I find that I am constantly trying to explain myself and where I’ve come from and how my childhood in Bulgaria continues to shape the man I am today. People often perceive me as too serious, scary [...]

The story gets up and for my part I wait up
In hoping for the real one, they saw my love undone

Who gets over you? Who gets over you?

False get older then wise, held so tight
False get older then why hold

Reached my summer low
And I told myself I didn’t mind
Told myself I would be fine, but [...]

He was born, she incomplete
Felt cold spread from her breast to feet
As doctor spoke in worried tone
In words as cut and dry as bone
…
Don’t let it eat your mind
Or take up all your time
Sometimes the best laid plans
Get knocked from loving hands
But child, where did you go?
…
As the dawn came slowly creeping
Softly heard her softly [...]