Ariana RossA Free WomanHer father’s purpose was to deliver her to the New World, the Free World, and he did. They first went to Germany, then to Canada, then to…Oct 4, 2022Oct 4, 2022
Ariana RossThe Taste of WaterI once read a quote, in a book I forget, in a context I don’t remember, that there are really only three things in the world. I thought of…Sep 23, 20221Sep 23, 20221
Ariana RossBut what about the senses?A moment of dappled warmth, the stillness of summer, sits, always, underneath the mind. It takes nothing to be there, just that — nothing…Sep 21, 2022Sep 21, 2022
Ariana RossHeat WaveI squint my eyes at the light, self-sequestered in my bedroom, door closed, blasting cold air from a box into my face and sticky body, head…Sep 21, 2022Sep 21, 2022
Ariana RossSorbetYou say you love me. How much? As much as the ocean, as tall as the mountains.Sep 18, 2022Sep 18, 2022
Ariana RossLearn to Hold the SacredAnyone who’s in love with wine has had their “first bottle” — the wine we stumble upon that first takes us by surprise, breaks every mould…Sep 17, 2022Sep 17, 2022
Ariana RossA Game of Power(I wrote this at the beginning of the pandemic — hence the first line.)May 19, 2022May 19, 2022
Ariana RossRipple RippleMy friend Sebastian, who I haven’t seen since I was 9 but that’s another story, makes dangerously intoxicating ambient music. I sent him a…Feb 28, 20221Feb 28, 20221
Ariana RossMerely a “Huh”What I want. But does it matter? On some level, certainly. And does that matter? It musn’t — to matter, certainly musn’t to care.Feb 25, 2022Feb 25, 2022
Ariana RossWrestlingI wonder if I pushed because I wanted the trouble. Not trouble I wanted, just engagement — pushing him away to force him to come near —…Feb 25, 2022Feb 25, 2022