Author: Denise Lee

RECOGNISE

Growing up, I remember reading my essays in school and feeling inferior to my classmates who seemed to be way more talented with their work. The struggle was real

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TO THE GIRL WHO LET HIM GO

For a while now I’ve wondered about what you’re like. I’ve been wanting to put a face to the only description I have of you – that just like me, you love Japan. But that is where our similarities and differences start and end

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WHO YOU ARE

Difficult weeks have been a rare occurrence of late but somehow I found myself in the middle of a storm. There was a sense of looming darkness so tangible that I could not help but feel undone

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FAITHFUL

Over the weekend I was able to catch up with a friend, Jon, from university whom I have not seen since 2016. When we last met, it was in Brisbane and I was in a relationship that was derailing and breaking at the seams

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