When she laughs, her soul floats outside her body and I can touch it.
MIRA R. ARIDIWhen she laughs, her soul floats outside her body and I can touch it.
MIRA R. ARIDII wish I can still hold your hand like I used to. I wish you were still alive.
MIRA R. ARIDIYou touch me and a thousand different particles come alive beneath my skin.
MIRA R. ARIDIYou feed me poison in a spoon of gold and I always ask for more.
MIRA R. ARIDII’ve come to see that life does not only exist where you do. There’s sense of life here too.
MIRA R. ARIDII run from my thoughts of you and meet them in my dreams.
MIRA R. ARIDIYou pull away and suddenly I have more room to grow.
MIRA R. ARIDIWe reshape our memories into uglier versions because it’s hard to forget them while they’re still beautiful.
MIRA R. ARIDIThis year, I will let grief walk by my side, but I will lead the way.
MIRA R. ARIDIPerhaps their voices never leave us and we spend our lives fumbling for quiet corners where we can hear them most.
MIRA R. ARIDINothing hurts me more than when I tell you to leave me alone, and you do.
MIRA R. ARIDIIf there’s anything I’ve learnt so far, it’s that to love others, you should give them space to breathe.
MIRA R. ARIDIA year has passed, and even after all that has changed, I know one thing hasn’t. I still want you.
MIRA R. ARIDIYou say we’re nonsense together, but nothing makes more sense to me.
MIRA R. ARIDII’ve experienced departure far too much to have the courage and call anyone my own.
MIRA R. ARIDIYou’ll roam the world and come to realize: It’s all in you, to be free or not to be.
MIRA R. ARIDI