27 Feb

A Psalm

keeping my head above water floating about reminding myself that I know how to swim the world is my oyster not everything that washes up on the shore is mine for the taking I’m not sure my mind is really taking well to the adjustments this body is making And to whom do I...
14 Feb

14. Hope

Tell me your story a thousand times Tell it to me exactly the same way With the same passion bouncing off the tip of your teeth Repeat all your gestures And I will gaze at them as though it were the first time I see hands   Shed the exact same tear Let it...
11 Feb

Hangover

The sky is not blue today. But it isn’t grey either. There is a dreamlike tint about it. Almost as if I’m looking at it through an Instagram filter. But this is real. None of it feels like it. I’ve been speaking to colleagues all morning. All of the conversations seemed fine. They seem...
05 Feb

Loving You Means Letting You In

Loving you means letting you in, something I’m afraid to do I’ve always been afraid; Of letting the doors open just to have the wind blow in the dirt Of jumping off the cliff because I don’t know if I can swim so well Of screaming because I’m not sure if anyone will hear...
03 Feb

Listen.

Listen It’s when you watch someone closest to you go through death and back that you awaken It’s when you have to put your life on pause for you to realize you haven’t been living It’s when you need an ear the most that the world goes deaf It’s when you scroll through your...