A bug bit my neck
as i approached the great tree spirit of many heads
before the ancient one could speak,
a smaller teacher had already arrived.
perhaps it was a warning—
to be gentle with the fragile beings around me.
not every spark becomes a flame,
but even brief warmth is still warmth.
impermanence doesn’t make it meaningless;
it makes it precious.
you didn’t lose anything.
you simply experienced something fleeting and true.
be grateful it happened —
and graceful in letting it pass.
Ten years ago,
some things mattered and some things didn’t.
Ten years later,
Things that didn’t matter matter now. And things that mattered don’t matter now.
Past and present meet
Echoes of youthful struggle
Same grounds, new heartbeat
Connections blossom
Fleeting, yet deeply alive
Moments touch the soul
Two weeks of stillness
Time slows and quiet fills my heart
A calm I’ll carry.
Real art starts with living a little,
feeling something,
and trying to trap it in words, paint, or clay.
Most of the time,
you’ll hate what you made.
Delete it, rip it, smash it—
cue the existential meltdown.
Then you do it again (times 3)
Eventually,
the damn thing behaves.
To my exes:
We didn’t work out
and that’s fine.
It is not your loss or mine.
I’m not going to try to make you regret
or make you jealous.
I’m not going to find someone better than you
but someone better for me.
Genuinely, I want you to find someone better for you too.
I want you to win.
And I hope you’d want me to win too.
Because there is room for both of us to find happiness in this life.
We were on the same team then, and we are on the same team now.
Rooting for each other’s happiness.
As we had done previously.
“Cross the legs into a lotus.
Place your hands on your knees with palms facing downward.
Through the nose, take a deep inhale.
.
.
.
Ahh yes
smells like pollution.”
While I stared at the soul-draining screen in my little cubicle, the fire alarm went off.
As with most fire alarms, we doubted its authenticity and let it continue its blaring screams for attention.
5 seconds passed.
10 seconds passed.
1 whole minute passed.