Simon George
Bio
I write poetry, fiction, and non-fiction. In 2021, I published my debut book "The Truth Behind The Smile" a self-help guide for your mental health based on my personal experience with depression. Go check it out.
IG: @AuthorSimonGeorge
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Working Late
It’s 5:35 p.m., and Mikaela is at my desk wearing a smile that I can’t reciprocate, but I try. I can’t help it; it’s involuntary. She gives me hope. I have had a stressful day in the end. All my daydreaming eventually replaced by stacks of work. My groinal discomfort replaced by an irritable fidgeting caused by stress. But there’s camomile in her smile. She soothes the stress away with minimal effort, and now I’m in her debt. I fear I’m in so deep I’ll never get out of it.
By Simon George7 months ago in Chapters
Dating for Normies. Top Story - June 2025.
Mikaela, my incredibly beautiful boss, is staring at me. Mikaela is part Swedish and part English Rose, think Kate Beckinsale, but with Scandinavian blue eyes. She’s smiling in that way only she does. It’s disarming and entrancing, almost hypnotic. I’m drifting back into my daydream of the two of us together, kissing on a picnic blanket on top of the Ta’ Ċenċ Cliffs of Gozo Island, Malta. I saw an influencer couple share the same image on their Travelgram, and I’ve been dreaming of my own romantic sunset ever since. Whenever I’m around Mikaela, she makes me feel like it’s meant to be. We have a connection. I’m sure of it. I feel it in my bones. Even the way she’s smiling at me now feels personal like we’re sharing a secret that nobody else is in on. I know it’s a weird thing to say about your boss, but we’re the same age, and she’s not actually my boss. She’s just more senior than I am and is in charge of certain projects that I work on, so it’s not weird. Okay, it’s a little weird, but—Mikaela tilts her head like she’s waiting for me to respond to a question. I look around the room, and everyone is staring at me as if to confirm it.
By Simon George7 months ago in Chapters
Imagine That. Runner-Up in I Wrote This Challenge.
Have you ever felt trapped? Because I have. And I’m not talking about the time I got trapped in an elevator. Twice. No, not the same elevator, don’t worry, I’m not that self-destructive. I’m not even talking about the time I got stuck on a balcony, ten stories in the sky, because that’s a whole other story. I’m talking about the feeling of claustrophobia. I’m talking about depression. That’s how I felt when I dropped out of university at 19.
By Simon George7 months ago in Writers
Tattoo your name on my heart and make it whole
My life has not been easy. I have fought many battles. Most of them alone. In a way, I have spent my life fighting my way to you. Now that I am here let’s make love, not words. Grant my soul its peace with a press of your lips. Kiss me your story, and give my heart its happy ending.
By Simon George8 months ago in Poets
