it was a hoodie-and-snowpants type of day today. chilly and breezy enough to warrant it, when the weather seems to have dropped 15 degrees overnight, but objectively good weather, once one has gotten used to it. the weather made me feel sleepy today. like burrowing under my covers to ward off the cold. i wore a cap with the bill pulled low and the ( Read more... )

the very first time i sleep with someone, share a bed with someone, hold them within my arms and me in theirs (sometimes), i never fall asleep. not completely, not wholly, not as if i've run a thousand miles and collapse from sheer exhaustion. i may feign sleep, i may hold them as if i were, but i'm not. i'm just so aware. aware of them. of this ( Read more... )

eyes closed, senses extended, i hear... the water as it repetitively shoots up only to fall back down, an unceasing rhythm, a background noise; the wind rushing through my ears, creating a phantom image of the ocean-sound a sea shell makes when pressed upon your ear; the drones of the bus going to and fro, with its package of students--the ( Read more... )