She looks into the subway car like a criminal looks into their jail cell with contempt, with bitterness, with acceptance. It’s 1AM, car a quarter full, faint summer air conditioning filling the air along with her grievances. She resigns, lays back in her seat after picking some lint out of her hair sheContinue reading “Subway Woman”
Monthly Archives: July 2016
Watching the Night
Have I ever gazed a sight like this? Third (fourth) floor? Window sill? Moon shining like a teardrop ready to fall from above? Well, no. It will stay in its place. All you must do is spread your wings and fly up there yourself, darling. You have nothing to fear. It is justContinue reading “Watching the Night”
Self Love
I’m beginning to see self love in a different way. Learning to love yourself for what you used to doubt, to question, to hate– that is the most important part. The smile on your face, the eyebrows above it, the eyes a boy used to love, the stories within them. Water canContinue reading “Self Love”
Reaching Joy 