five of pentacles

I was brought back to my locked room again By sheer, unhappy randomness of fate. I gazed upon a canvas stained with pain. A portrait of a heart that could not wait. I delved into the palette, hues laid bare. A frozen moment where I feigned concern. Youth’s vigor...

a dream 9/19/23

I hadn’t been lost in blue like that in a long time. She mimicked the sky the way she locked eyes. I don’t know who reached for whose hand first, but holding hers felt natural and practiced. I knew the shape, the size, the creases. The first time felt like the...

january dreams

I keep having dreams about getting lost in Tokyo. They’re the loveliest dreams I’ve had in a...

a dream 9/8/23

What are the words for today? What speech sparks reality? Last night I dreamed about many things. Every moment felt real as I lived out a day that will never happen. What makes this moment more true than that? How are the interactions with ghostly strangers worth any...

dream at 3:13

At first I tried to write the words I needed to say to you. With each pen stroke my eyes grew ever more blurry. When I could no longer understand my scribbles I spoke. You couldn’t understand any of the things I had to say. I said you were crazy, but I didn’t mean it...