Though it doesn't feel like it belongs here - because it wasn't planned - this big dark black cloud - in hind sight I saw it coming - making it's presence known - creeping into the corner of the already unsettled sky - it was never meant to get this far - to storm - to pour - to make the sky of my mind go black and the rain drops run down my face as tears. Black cloud you were not welcome here.
But you came. I feel like I let you. I caved. I gave in. You were and are strong BUT maybe it's not as simple as that.
Anxiety. Depression. Transition. Adulthood. Trying to leave your mark. Find your niche. Or as Uni of Otago likes to say to "find your place in the world" which I've discovered does not happen at a university - not exactly - not simplistically - not for me.
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