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Laxmi Nayak

Jealousy, envy, and friends

The earliest memory I have of feeling jealous is when my older brother got a new school bag. I was probably 12 at the time. Or maybe 8…

Jun 3, 2021

Jealousy, envy, and friends

Jun 3, 2021

This Girl

There’s this girl I’m in love with

Oct 30, 2020

This Girl

Oct 30, 2020

Chasing Sunlight

So this is how breaking up feels like

Oct 30, 2020

Chasing Sunlight

Oct 30, 2020

Denial

I stand there dismayed

Oct 30, 2020

Denial

Oct 30, 2020

Finding that nudge

There’s rage, fear, anger, hunger.

Jun 9, 2017

Jun 9, 2017

Pain

The blinds were shut. The room was silent and as dark as it could possibly have been. It was now an hour since she’d stumbled home on a…

Jun 2, 2017

Jun 2, 2017

That traffic light

The girl is the first thing I see at the traffic light. She’s tiny even by tiny 8 year old standards. Thin. Yet the picture that leaps to…

May 23, 2017

May 23, 2017

The Waiting

My brain is muddled and so is my heart.

May 16, 2017

The Waiting

May 16, 2017

Laxmi Nayak

Laxmi Nayak

I love words, and reading and fiction. I love emotion and feelings and murky relationships. I don't always like happily ever after.

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