We were weathered. The core of us corroded. What once was rock was now broken minerals scattered amongst the soil of the earth. And then for a long time, we were floating in retrograde. Steered only by the sun and sea. It appeared we were moving in the reverse direction…

Maybe life was supposed to be a perfectly charted line the only problem was it meant we were not alive. The electrocardiogram of life must have spikes or else that’s it, we’ve flatlined. The waves of the heart we thought were our imminent death are what is keeping us alive…

The irony of life has come to be our joy. It is our tune we dance to as playful trumpets escort us through time. Some would say we are an unlikely pair with our heads in the clouds. Forever idealist fantasizing ordinary life. There have been times where our melody of life has been…

As a child, when you first discover your shadow, you realize as the light gets closer your shadow becomes larger. As an adult, the same concept becomes more of an allegory of life. The closer we see light, the more we see shadows and long to wish them away. It…

Every day we are all simultaneously living and dying. The fear of death is always looming and forever inevitable and informs the way we live whether we realize or not. …

I am well-aware over-romanticized optimism has its perks, yet now a bit older, I’ve noticed when we solely see light in someone we strip them of humanity and make them a deity in our life. When we fear those we encounter and perceive only darkness based on preconceived judgments, we…