works from 5+ years ago
July 10
Today I woke from nightmares. I forced myself out of bed somewhere between late and on time. As I walked downstairs, I made no sound and ignored the light switches, filled with a drained sadness. When I turned the kitchen…
continued…And in Fragments, I Take Flight
Early morning routine. Sleep in, miss the sunrise. Chopped apples, the 6:40 bus. We stop at the train tracks. The bus is quiet, but the music is loud—and not for being loud but for being there. The driver turns his…
continued…vacancy
I love big, empty rooms. Few things call to me quite like the beauty of a large space meant for a large crowd waiting hauntingly vacant. The silence that lies there is a special flavor like no other. You’d think…
continued…1440 tick-tick-ticks
Life happens in years, years happen in days, and days happen in hours… No. Days happen in minutes. 08:55 Hundreds of students make their way into the outside gym, packing in for the most boring assembly of the school year.…
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