I am here to account for the gap in my resume, i.e. how I made this blog at the age of 18 as a form of therapy then forgot about it for over 2 years.
Tag: writing
I graduated high school this week. The words feel heavy and surreal, as if I shouldn't be typing them; as if there's nothing I could have ever been than a child. I've spent the entire week looking backward, into a past that seems like it belongs to someone else, despite its striking familiarity, which is … Continue reading Christina Rossetti // Up-Hill
Love, like every other thing, is learned. The way we love, and especially the way we express it, is not innate; and sometimes it can be tied back to traumatic events. The core of Ocean Vuong's poetry is love, usually the difficult, dysfunctional kind. For him, the written word is a way out, a reintroduction … Continue reading Ocean Vuong // Into The Breach
How do we connect to our own souls after altering them so violently so as to fit inside stifling social norms? Why do we do that, anyway? Why are we so willing to do anything to guard this immense gap between who we appear to be and who we really are? Tracy K. Smith's Shadow … Continue reading Tracy K. Smith // Shadow Poem
archive of longings 