orange

by | Jan 10, 2024 | a dream

I used to have a weight in my pocket that held me down. It connected me to the earth. I grew tired of always carrying it. I was bored of the charade that it embodied. I handed it off out of a vague idea of amusement. The distance between myself and the ground has...

five of pentacles

by | Nov 14, 2023 | a dream

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

by | Sep 19, 2023 | a dream

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

by | Jan 27, 2023 | a dream

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

a dream 9/8/23

by | Jan 8, 2023 | a dream

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...