excerpts from the child ballads

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

over the winter seeds
sleep in the ground, so that
in the spring flowers may bloom. let
my garden flourish, let what is dead die.

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

there is no point in chasing after what
does not exist. it isn't even
a holy grail. each path, each choice
is a portal, not an ending

OCTOBER 16, 2023

do i dare to hope
for something, anything? i can't carry my
torch forever.

OCTOBER 13, 2023

i dreamt about you two nights
in a row now. it's like that is the
only place where we can see each other.
stupid short-lived romance
piercing my heart like a rusty sword

OCTOBER 11, 2023

why do you start things you cannot finish?
my heart is fragile and weak, my Strength
is all bluster. i only wish
that things went well this time.