little gurls

At any given moment, it is not uncommon for me to be reading more than one book. I can confidently scour the pages for insight, knowledge, strength, hope, laughter, escape, without getting lost in the narrow passages of different voices. Most of the time, the delicate dance of works are meant to keep me sane [...]

strength of skin

I very accidentally cut myself; the underside of my left wrist. It wasn’t very deep but enough to draw a bit of blood. It has since scabbed and turned that deep shade of purple mixed with a rich red. Looking at it serves as a reminder of how at one time, this could have been [...]

on your side

There are certain songs inexorably linked to specific people and definitive memories. They are images that have been seared into my head and inevitably will cause me to feel the same pangs of whatever over dramatized feeling caused the association in the first place. I’ve always reacted stronger to lyrics and words in songs than [...]