You touch me and a thousand different particles come alive beneath my skin.
MIRA R. ARIDIYou touch me and a thousand different particles come alive beneath my skin.
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. ARIDIA year has passed, and even after all that has changed, I know one thing hasn’t. I still want you.
MIRA R. ARIDIWe reshape our memories into uglier versions because it’s hard to forget them while they’re still beautiful.
MIRA R. ARIDIWhere once there were a few houses between us, now there are seas.
MIRA R. ARIDIThis year, I will let grief walk by my side, but I will lead the way.
MIRA R. ARIDIOf all the lies I’ve lived, and all the lies I’ve been told, the lies I told myself hurt the most.
MIRA R. ARIDII am grieving a connection that never really happened, a dance of souls that only lasted one day.
MIRA R. ARIDIAnd it scares me that if I ever get my wings, I might not know where to fly to.
MIRA R. ARIDII’ve always had a fear of endings, but it comes as relief to me that among all the dying things, I am one too.
MIRA R. ARIDIAnd when you win all wars of life, there will remain the one you must lose. Time.
MIRA R. ARIDIYou feed me poison in a spoon of gold and I always ask for more.
MIRA R. ARIDIYou float underneath my eyelids – a dream I never seem to get enough of.
MIRA R. ARIDIMaybe if you hold me tight, our love won’t be as shallow.
MIRA R. ARIDINo matter how astray the becoming might be, I’ll never search for the old in me.
MIRA R. ARIDII’ve experienced departure far too much to have the courage and call anyone my own.
MIRA R. ARIDI