Since when did I forget how to be alone?

Together

I'm broken.

But it's also easy to forget
That we're broken together.

Amongst the waves of tears
and gorge of toxic thoughts,
I know there exists the little shred of happiness
That had once loomed so proudly at the surface.

Skulls

Don't

Need

No

Body

Bloodshot

Mind your dwelling within the highs of endearment.

It is an addiction that requires a more potent next dose,

And with each minute not fully appeased,

It will not fail to rip apart your veins in agony.

Surround yourself with things you love, with people who love you back.
Indulge in good wine and great food; don't forget to say thank you.

In Time

Head against the wall. Eyes continue to stare into the imaginary abyss in front of me. For now, I will surrender to the overflowing emotions that have been trapped inside of me. Feel it. Feed it. And when I feel like I am at my weakest, that is when I will show myself how strong I can be.

Climb inside

the swirling skies

to be

with

you.

A Night in Vancouver

I came across this amazing time-lapse video today of Vancouver by a video artist named Daniel Chen (Vimeo: here). It made me fall in love with Vancouver all over again, and even almost got me teary eyed thinking about how lucky I am to have the luxury to call this beautiful city my home.

Upon watching this video, I felt a strange sense of new found excitement and exhilaration from seeing this place I've called home for almost my entire life. What is this spectacular and almost whimsical place I feel so unfamiliar with? Where is the sense of homeliness I expected, despite the familiar landmarks?

I realized that what was captured was a different perspective of the city. One in which we are not capable of experiencing from just walking down the streets.

A city can always be exciting if you make it so; if you live and experience it through different perspectives from time to time. Time-lapse allows us to perceive our city from afar and bring a fast paced lifestyle into an even faster paced art piece. The same goes for the opposite. If every once in a while we take the time and slow down our steps, we may find a new gem embedded within the very walls of our city that we wouldn't have discovered otherwise.

Each corner of every street holds historical value; a hidden story can be unraveled if you take the time to learn it.

Mains de la Séduction

Hands
to cheek;
graze, stroke, caress,
entangled locks,
unzip, unzip, undress.

Hands
slip;
tame, fervor, frantic.
Fingers on lips;
drip, drip, granted.

Hands
a mess,
forget the rest.
Spun mind, still head
rests atop your breathing chest.