today i am grateful to have a skeleton

that feels brave enough to speak up to me when i am treating it unkindly and thankful that i am privileged enough to answer his call. today i am working through a thesis about building structures to support my students with heavy hands that feel hot gravel graced each time i click clack a letterContinue reading “today i am grateful to have a skeleton”

build as if your hands don’t shake

every time you pick up a pen like you could really wield something as weighty as war time depression as if the fact that we’ve been in war time for decades doesn’t matter to you build like you need somewhere to live like what good are my bones if I forget how strong they are?Continue reading “build as if your hands don’t shake”

you can’t leave a mirror

the first time you really see your reflection realness, alive in awe and echo and everything you are. you can’t fly away from a fire that flies you forward like fruit flies towards tangerine you are light like love that kaleidoscope kisses you kindly and kicks you kindly like a kite in a climate itContinue reading “you can’t leave a mirror”