I know I didn’t do anything earth-shaking or radical. But in my small inner circle of family, friends, and colleagues, it brought some confusion and skepticism—but also quite a bit of: It’s about time. You see, I’ve always had one…
Category: My Writings
Dreams and Rory Gilmore
In the show Gilmore Girls, when Rory said, “I just want to be sure that I see…something” when Headmaster Charleston asked her why she wanted to be a journalist, I really felt that.
Turning 22 – The age I decide to stop caring about aging
For the last six months or so, my mind has been an anxious mess bouncing between two thoughts: I’m gonna be 22 and have decades of youthful experiences in front of me and I’m turning 22 and I can’t believe I still haven’t done this and I still don’t have that.
Why did turning 22 hold a special meaning for me?
I don’t care if they don’t remember my name – NaPoWriMo 6
You’ll see my face
Probably not on a billboard
But at the back of a paperback
Held in the hands of
Paupars and peers.
Sleep for eight hours, still wake up befuddled – #NaPoWriMo 4
Overwhelmed and restless on a Sunday
Sunny bright and airy
Quarantine and deadlines
Oh, how I want to pack up and go away!
At 3 o’clock late – #NaPoWriMo 3
It started years ago.
You talked my ear off.
But you listened just the same.
They’re right when they say,
You should take things slow.
Celebrations – #NaPoWriMo 2
It’s amazing how we celebrate.
Foreign cuisine, local outlet, same old people.
It’s wonderful how we laugh.
Another win, sweat to cash, top of the mountain nearer.
I start the month of poetry – #NaPoWriMo 1
I start the month of poetry
The month of writing moments in time
With a heart hall full
And strength half empty.
