The Weight of Our Own Shadow
“Distance is the cruelest magician—it promises everything, delivers geography.” “You cannot outrun your pulse. You cannot leave your...
EXPLORING
rumination vs introspection
The Bittersweet Mathematics
Every birthday is simultaneously celebration and funeral. The mathematics are unforgiving: every day I'm grateful to see is...
The Great Equalizer
“Time is the only tyrant that treats billionaires and beggars identically.” “You cannot buy it, save it, invest...
The Fear of Forgetting
This is the fate I fear more than death: becoming a living ghost, present but imperceptible, existing but...
The Double Standard of Time
Now, thirteen years later, this small white line makes me smile. This is the beauty of aging—each mark...
The Gift of Growing Old
The moment I stopped complaining about turning forty was the moment I attended a funeral for someone who...
The Paradox of Envy
I feel jealousy for that body’s energy and relief for this mind’s peace. This is the strange mathematics...
The Map of Living
Now, thirteen years later, this small white line makes me smile. This is the beauty of aging—each mark...
The Fortress of Self
With strangers, I’m patient and gentle. With family, I’m irritated by their slowness and frustrated by their forgetfulness....
The Ghost of Who I Was
I miss the version of myself who could write poetry without self-consciousness. The twenty-two-year-old who wrote fearless poetry...