Georgia
Cigarettes linger in the air of this airport as I sit here wondering how I got so lucky with life. I sit here in this unfiltered air, gazing at the toilets reeking of feces, sitting on metal, unsanitized, waiting for my boyfriend in a foreign country, full of foreign faces, speaking a tongue I’ve yet […]
Houston
Houston, a constant love affair that I have yet to dip my toes into. I have grown up here, felt her smog-filled air caress my silky, black locks, let the wrath of her sun coat my darkening skin, play in her waters where she time and time again fills my house knee deep in; yet, […]
starving yourself
It’s been over 24 hours since you’ve had a drop of water or felt the taste of food. You’re walking, embarking on this mission to find yourself through the abyss of your own inner psyche. You do this to yourself repeatedly, what are you looking for? As soon as your two feet hit the ground, […]
finally hungry…
It’s 3AM and your eyes slowly flutter open as the light from the streets begin to flood through your windows. Eyes wide open. Heart starts thumping. CREAK. CREAK. CREAK. You hear a creature crawling underneath you, scratching. She pops out from under your bed and looks at you with her big/wide eyes. She’s wrinkly, old, […]