Matthew Grantham
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An aspiring writer from the UK
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Fear
I woke up and saw that my friend Charlie is starting a travelling blog and I’m jealous. I’m jealous because she is 1, going away and travelling which I would love to do if I had the money and no cares / worries etc and 2, because she has a reason for a blog…!
By Matthew Granthamabout a year ago in Confessions
Love
He strikes again. Just when I think I’ve gotten over him, he somehow crashes back into my life and I feel a medley of emotions running through me, unable to latch onto any one of them but I feel all of them at once; anger, frustration, annoyance, love, giddiness.
By Matthew Grantham2 years ago in Fiction
What now?
I was paralysed. I have spent years trying to be the person I thought my parents wanted me to be. To be kind, compassionate and caring. They taught me that the key to happiness was to nurture the relationships you had in your life and that you should do everything in your power to protect others because we are more powerful as a collective.
By Matthew Grantham2 years ago in Fiction
Hunting
I don’t think he even knew what he was looking for. Mud was showering all around me as he stumbled around the bog, fumbling over tree roots and discarded rubbish, making as much disruption to the water as possible. The sound of swashing water filled my ears and the smell of moss was embedded in my nose.
By Matthew Grantham3 years ago in Fiction
That didn't last long...
The elegant lines of a stingray glided past as my eyes attempted to burn holes in the glass of it’s home, unable to blink away the pain. I felt my mind emptying of all my thoughts and a dark cloud looming, ready to engulf me. I couldn’t think, I couldn’t blink, all I could do was stare.
By Matthew Grantham3 years ago in Fiction
We, us.
How many times do you google something to check if it’s right? I often seem to miss a key part of a film or a funny part of a film because I’m googling to see how old the actor is to see which one of us was closer or I’m checking how to spell a word correctly or doing a ‘just in case’ check of the correct bus number or train time. I feel we have it too easy sometimes, always having a way of checking if we’re right but that’s not the same when it comes to relationships is it.
By Matthew Grantham3 years ago in Humans
We've got a long way to go
We’ve got a long way to go. How often have you heard this time? I heard it just the other day in fact when discussing LGBTQ+ education but what does that mean? How do we know how long we ‘have’ to go? Could it not be a short way to go? Why do we HAVE to go this long way? Is there an easier way? Where are we going?
By Matthew Grantham3 years ago in Humans
