Tagged: human nature
from the lookout, we
from the lookout, we
are the observer and the
observed – nature oft
catches us off guard – a flutter,
a flicker, a snap, a shake
.
20240414:1723
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life makes waves, pushes
life makes waves, pushes
us down every now
and then just to see if
we are still
interested in living
.
20240410:2011
y
even on the more
even on the more
familiar of trails, we will
lose our way every
now and then, hiking single-
file, forgetting to look up
.
20240409:2304
y
every other day,
every other day,
we confront our fragility,
caught up in beauty
.
20240404:2149
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perhaps people are
perhaps people are
often begging to be pushed
or pulled – or, more than
likely, to be held in so much
solace that neither is needed
.
20240401:1921
y
think of me but don’t
think of me but don’t
ever let me know that you
think of me, it’s a
simple enough equation that
solves for every variable
.
20240331:2247
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hello, i love you,
hello, i love you,
where can i rest my sorrow?
is the new refrain
whispered across dimly lit
rooms, beating between heartbeats
.
20240329:0800
y
in the end, we will
in the end, we will
have spent more time alone than
anticipated –
and yet, what is alone but
more time to be with oneself?
.
20240322:2012
y
the city is in
the city is in
everyone’s business and no
one’s business all at
once – we look, make quick judgments,
and never make eye contact
.
20240320:0845
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of the innumerable
of the innumerable
ways to mourn, i
am negotiating grief
in REM sleep this
morning, consoling
a young colleague
in the art of letting
it out, letting
go, an unsteady
navigation of
space, time, and
reality – on your
birthday, in the nearly
third anniversary of
your passing, we
practice the improbable
parallels of joy and
grief, keeping it
together without
so much
disassembling
.
20240316:0818
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