Remembering You
The August rain and her chandelier softness hangs overhead– twinkling of clouded water where your light used to be.
Month: August 2018
Whispers
“I want this!” I whispered in that loud kind of way that releases the surge of butterflies in the belly. The mirror looked back at me and whispered excitedly back,…
Take a Deep Breath
The world won’t come to a stop simply because I am enjoying the warm rain. Loneliness will still cry Mothers will still worry. But the rain will fall to pause…
Love Poems
My parents taught me that a love is a union of two: it happens fast and yet lasts forever. The love I know happens fast and yet it lasts but…
Belonging
It’s a funny little thing that I say throughout the day, in a very particular way: I don’t really belong here. And it’s a funny little thing because those words…
Words: A Wild Wonder
It’s a wild wonder that I can sit in the din of a bar and find solace and quiet within my heart. No need for a drink no need for…
A First Date in January. A Night in February. And Today.
January. We met at Hai Hai in Northeast Minneapolis. Technically we met on OKCupid. The app for love and connection. I was barely a week into my break-off with my…
Familiar
There is something familiar about the strangeness of a stranger’s home. I sit on another couch that’s never known me and a dog that’s never loved me, the shoes of…
