Mike Defreitas : Writing

The Meaning of Pain

The Meaning of Pain

A Story by Mike Defreitas


Such a compelling perspective. A different setting in a different world and a different set of affects. Pushing me along a different path with a d..
Chapter 1: Your body is Who You are

Chapter 1: Your body is Who You are

A Story by Mike Defreitas


Your body is who you are. It sounds ironic. Paradoxical. A fleshy thing. Built of cells, which are made made up of proteins; which are chains of a..
Meta-What!

Meta-What!

A Story by Mike Defreitas


"So I'm gonna bring you out, ok?" Maggy comin closer to him, a little 5 year old black labrador retriever he still calls 'his puppy'. That's because s..
The Other

The Other

A Story by Mike Defreitas


Love happens through the other. You come to 'find love' via the "highway" of knowing and being with ANOTHER person. This is an existential reality. Th..
The Heightest!

The Heightest!

A Story by Mike Defreitas


"So, umm, tell me again why you're wearing heels?" Dave didn't like when Angela wore heels; not that he didn't understand or anything, he understood q..
Feeling Fine

Feeling Fine

A Story by Mike Defreitas


Hi there. How are you?I'm quite fine, how are you? Shall we go back and forth like this with one another? Or shall we stop...and do something else? We..
Flowing

Flowing

A Poem by Mike Defreitas


Electric rope hangingWaiting for the words that willCapture it's glowHidden from my freewheelingHanging upside down from a ceilingPeeling; keeling; re..
The Widsom Tinkerer

The Widsom Tinkerer

A Story by Mike Defreitas


So this it. This is the situation. Can you - or I - get away from it enough to talk about it? Objectified? To be different for a second so we, or I, c..
A Dog to Think About

A Dog to Think About

A Story by Mike Defreitas


As he came down the stairs to get his glasses, he saw his dog in the shadows; a wagging tail emerging from a lighted background, she came forward and ..
Peace of the Dark

Peace of the Dark

A Poem by Mike Defreitas


Valorous soldier, Keep fighting! Do not give up! Although the sun falls, and the dark arisesUpon you - it quickens, and you fall, it seems, into the v..