The definitions of things

1 min readJun 6, 2019

Photo credit: National Geographic

Sky — The planet’s blanket

Borders — Humanity’s wounds

Loneliness — An unacknowledged life

Hopelessness — A predetermined, unjust future

Ageing — Ongoing individual revolution

Nightmares — The brain’s theatre

Chameleon — Unrecognised, tiny magic show

Tamara Pearson is the author of literary novel The Butterfly Prison, children’s book The Beauty Rules of Flowertown, and blogs at Resistance Words. Follower her on Twitter @pajaritaroja

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Written by Tamara Pearson

Author of The Butterfly Prison and The Beauty Rules of Flowertown. Journalist and activist.

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