Personal Essays - Robert Simoes

I Lost My Heart in Ericeira: the heart centre, cacao & connection

I tell people I lost my heart in Ericeira. The ocean swept up my recklessness one June morning as I […]

“You know that you are a motivational speaker, right?” She said. Her affectionate tone carried a tenderness, half-joking, that I

I’m sitting on the patio of Buntera Homestay in Sidemen, Indonesia. Staring at the intertwined plant forest in front as

How the hell am I back on here?, the thought arrived, as an accordian menu folded open to reveal a

There’s definitely a self-destructive part of myself. That’s a guarantee. I feel like a lot of other people have it

I laid on the floor in a heavy state as a dark wave of depressive fatigue and heaviness washed over

We stood facing the water basins as faux candles let out a soft glimmer in the dark room. Like a

I saw the creature scurry across the floor in partial surprise. Cornering the beast, I felt resolute to end the

Robert Simoes / January 11, 2026

Sitting inside the Sheraton Hotel Lobby in Toronto, waiting to attend my flight , a man entered the lobby in

I watched the teenager pull a copy of Albert Camus’ The Myth of Sisyphus from the shelf and glance it