I would hold blue ringed octopus since you're so scared. I'd do it just to show him he is loved. I would die for the honour. And you wouldn't. I know

i'm eternally wounded, but who isnt. i try to remember the eternity is also inside everyone else. we all carry the wounds with plenty context. plenty interconnected. and then we stop being.

will you just let me be silly for a sec. there's this dread so ancient in me

god it's like nobody even cares that [problem i've taken great pains to make sure nobody will acknowledge] looks like i have no choice but to make it worse in isolation for reasons i can't articulate and don't understand

Everything good intensifies. If it happens and you pay attention it happens more. And when you see something beautiful you start seeing it everywhere. You see it everywhere

stuck in a time loop where every day i wake up and it’s tomorrow

summer of indulgences. takeout for dinner two nights in a row. glass after glass of cold peach juice. scratching mosquito bites for the sensuous pleasure of it. climbing past the point of my fingers giving out. taking the long way home. gently pressing the bruises on my heart just to feel the twinge