Sketch of city street with tram, pedestrians, and buildings including cafe and bookshop

Trina Writes

Reflecting, Crafting and Drafting Narratives

Stories begin with curiosity. I started writing because I wanted to explore the stories within everyday life—the quiet moments, small details, and observations that often pass unnoticed.

  • Best advice?

    Nobody’s coming for you. In other words: depend on yourself, and don’t always look for others to figure it out for you. Read more ⇢

  • Orphan Thoughts

    The cat is unusually quiet today; she is typically talkative.  I see her fixed on something outside—it’s a crow. My little furry predator lies like the Sphinx, keeping her eye… Read more ⇢

    Orphan Thoughts
  • imagine neverland

    If she had a parent, would she allow her way?If she had a place,would she be content to stray?A child-like Peter Panin his Never-Never,Neverland. With no guidance,the dreams remain unrealized.Those imaginary… Read more ⇢

    imagine neverland
  • Nature’s Twisted Mess

    The sound that can’t find me,alone in the room,a consumption of emptiness,no longer reminds me of you,a degree of hallowthat envelopes me too I long for the voidthat comfortsin twine.I… Read more ⇢

    Nature’s Twisted Mess
  • Pieces

    Pieces of me chip, chipping away.like paint from a forgotten wall,unseen, they drift, flake and fall.Not to you,Not to them,But to me. I’m devoted to peeling,tearing backthe uncultivated,the uncharted,Parts of… Read more ⇢

  • astray

    Remind me of the love that I create. Tell me the story so it’s not too late.  They take our memory they hoard our past forget the future we knew… Read more ⇢

  • raspberries

    The raspberries taste like home, transporting me back to a place that’s no more. The memory is tied up with the happenings, knoted into a bow. I remember the path.… Read more ⇢

    raspberries
  • Things that Fall Away

    Leaving today will bring the tears. Tomorrow arrives, where is the sorrow? All the things we didn’t know, is leaving without warning. A loss, they say, implies a found. You… Read more ⇢

  • Power of Nothingness

    Nothing—ness operates this shell of mine. The emptiness, flooding useless chatter.  The mindless narratives morph into chaos. The voices are not ours, our mind is their power. They imitate we… Read more ⇢

  • Habital

    The beauty before us, the lies suffocating the truth, secrets hoarded by the moon. These are the things that preoccupy the mind, making the prison so comfortable and Divine. The… Read more ⇢

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