ᴀɴsᴡᴇʀs, ᴘʟᴇᴀsᴇ ᴄʜᴏᴏsᴇ 1.

• worn out sneakers, the quietness of the ocean, paint under every nail, exhaustion in your bones, looking forward and never now
• not pouring your heart out but dripping it, navigating the world in words, seeing instead of looking, looping black scrawl, an unbruised knuckle, sanding yourself down but keeping the sawdust, a round glass jar filled with paper stars
• knowing how you look, humid rain on dry grass, laughing until your ribs get tough, the stillness before sunrise, wildflowers, singing love songs before you know the words, shapes in clouds
• a quiet night on the roof, warm summer air, stars overhead, firmly grabbing onto the railings and staring over a dark horizon, something like peace and anger
• the notes app at 1am, getting your pants wet in the ocean even though you rolled them up, string tied into a promise, blurred photos, a quiet "oh", the plain edges of concrete steps
• a broken guitar string, losing track of days, glaring at the stars and spotting your favourites, climbing onto rooftops
• tomorrow’s sun, knuckle hooked around knuckle, knee hooked around knee