family
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I hope my family doesn’t read this…
This was originally published on Substack. Follow me on there for posts first. Because everything I seem to write on the internet has a comment from my mom underneath asking me when I’m coming back home. My grandmother used to do the same until her stroke in 2020 and then…
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Remembering Anna Celia Jimenez
If I could leave flowers at your feet right now, I would. I wish I could’ve talked to you more about deathand how it felt to stare her in the eyes while those around you avoided eye contact. I wish I was drinking Bustelo right now. I wish I was…
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Alone on Thanksgiving
I really wish it was colder around this time. L.A. makes it a bit hard to enjoy the holidays and here I am sweating in my tiny apartment waiting for… something. I don’t know what. Maybe the miracle that a few more square feet would open up in here and…
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It’s His grace that’s been placed on my head
It’s His grace that’s been placed on my headIt’s His grace that’s been placed on my headOh Bhagavan it’s your grace that’s been placed Up on my head Again and againYour grace has been placed on my… Sam Garrett – Grace The night begins to fall and I try to…
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It’s an early Wednesday
And I almost already forgotten what I committed myself to. Write every day. Write every day. It’s freezing outside while I watch the sun rise in front of me. The mist of my breath steams out of my mask. Where’s the damn bus? It’s Wednesday and my boss wants me…