-Mütsolü Z. Lohe
First Breath
I did not choose this life,
But it was given to me,
A breath, a beginning,
A path I could not see ahead.
Grateful even in silence,
I opened my eyes to this world.
I was alive,
And that was enough.
Becoming Myself
I do not want
To be someone else.
I just want to be
The best version of me.
Flawed but learning.
Quiet,
But sincere.
Not perfect,
But real.
Hope
I often wondered
What will I become?
What will I mourn now hold?
Curiosity filled,
Not fear.
Even if I fail,
I want to try.
Even if I fall,
I want to rise again.
Life
I thought too much
About choices,
About mistakes,
About whether I was enough.
Sometimes I got it wrong,
Sometimes right.
But life is not neat.
It is learning,
Failing,
And rising again.
That Too Is Life
Life brought departures,
Arrivals,
Hellos and goodbyes.
At first, I resisted
I wanted to hold on.
But I learned
People come and go,
And that too is life.
Kindred Souls
A few were different
They stayed.
Not just classmates,
But safe places.
When I felt small,
They reminded me
I was not invisible.
For them,
I am forever grateful.
Death
Death waits for all of us.
It is not far,
But it is not feared.
If life is God’s gift,
Then death is His call.
Not an end,
But a doorway.
CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT
Mütsolü Z Lohe, a final year literature student from Japfü Christian College, Kohima, has always found comfort in words and storytelling. For her, writing is not just a way to express herself but a form of healing. Most of what she writes comes from real emotions, personal experiences, and the quiet strength we carry in our everyday lives.
Through Becoming Me, she shares her own journey of growth and self-understanding. She wrote it hoping to connect with readers who, like her, are still learning, unlearning, and slowly discovering what it truly means to become themselves.
ABOUT THE BOOK
Becoming Me is basically a very personal book about growing up, about figuring out who you are while dealing with love, loss, change, faith, and all the emotions in between. The quiet battles we don’t always show the world of the breaking, the healing, the learning, and that slow steps of becoming stronger without even realizing it.
She wrote this book while trying to understand her own journey. There were many feelings she couldn’t say out loud, so she wrote them instead.
Writing became her safe space somewhere she could be completely honest and vulnerable. Becoming Me came from those quite and unspoken moments, and she just hopes that when people read it, they see a little bit of themselves in it too.
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