
“There is something here that frightens me.
When I figure out what it is that frightens me, I shall also know what I love here.”
~ Clarise Lispector

“There is something here that frightens me.
When I figure out what it is that frightens me, I shall also know what I love here.”
~ Clarise Lispector

I think about those days of barefeet, scraped knees, sunburns, mosquito bites and garden dirt…

she strained to hold on to the good parts
when the not-so-good parts were hard to shake off

with the fear of stagnation
she became a shapeshifter

there were those hot sticky nights
picnics by flashlight on the dewey grass
waiting for the fireworks
we chased fireflies