July/August 2024

Look inside yourself take your vision of the world and turn it upside down break the glass to find your truth then stitch it up again consider every secret that might be hidden in its depths until you realize it’s only a reflection of what you already know it only holds fragments of what it’s like out here

i close my eyes & tangle my fingers in threads of sunlight. i braid strands. kiss them on their foreheads. they taste like the lustrous cream pastries nana used to bake. i crisscross them over the ceiling. skinny strings of gold. i revel in my talent. when i was little, nana nestled me in the crook of her leathery arm & carried me to meet the sun. he patted my cheek but my skin did not burn. i was a miracle. darkness seeps into my periphery. my eyes open.