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The moon rests lightly on the twelfth slat of my blinds — Bright, circular, slightly off-center. I slide up to see if that makes a difference, it does. The moon shifts, like water on a hollowed stem. No, too far right, I slide down again — Slowly, carefully, calculating the exact moment it pulls intoContinue reading “Manufactured Perfection”

There is something about walking alone through the streets of old cities — an odd sense of comforting familiarity that comes from the realization that the street holds stories of millions before me. They’ve seen heartbreak and celebration, prejudice and protest, and have had many footprints etched into them over time. New memories, like aContinue reading “The Mosaic of Moving Homes”

I wrote this poem sometime during the summer of last year. I hadn’t really written a poem since I was sixteen, so during lockdown I decided to experiment (as we all did) with the form that made me fall in love with writing in the first place.

I unexpectedly read a book that changed the way I read books — a book review, but also not, of Untamed by Glennon Doyle.

This post is a little unconventional for me, and also wildly terrifying because of how personal it is — I promised myself that this space would not just be for the bright moments, but also the dull, gray ones so here it is: a little peek into the more shadowed parts of my soul. Also, I tried something new and if you scroll to the bottom, you can listen to me narrate it!

“I want to love glitter and also stand up for the double standards that exist in our society. I want to wear pink and tell you how I feel about politics.” Taylor Swift Over the years, I have constantly questioned the contradictions that define me — sometimes they are so drastic that I feel likeContinue reading “Contradictions”