As we look back on our recently concluded 30 Days, 30 Poems Project celebrating National Poetry Month and continue to mark Mental Health Awareness Month in May, we are sharing this piece today, about the intersection between the two. If you are in the US and need urgent mental health assistance, you can call, text…
Month: May 2024
Strawberries
I bought strawberries today. Every day, she picks one thing, a single occurrence, polishes it painstakingly in her head like a rolling marble until, by nightfall, she can present it to him, magnified and encased. Turned over as a token, whispered over the phone line that stretches between them, so that there is no silence. …
Safety in Somedays
Someday, I will wake up and understand what everything was for. I will watch the sun rise in the morning and set in the evening. As the moon finds its home in the sky, I won’t think how I miss you. I will be able to talk about you without tears, without tightness. Someday, I’ll be…