on siren songs
i have never thought of myself as a people pleaser.
justin h min
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on fourteen seconds
14 seconds.
on the city
how quickly novelty fades.
on writing
i haven’t been able to write.
on the memories we keep
it’s not the vacation sunsets we file away with care.
on the weight we carry
with every passing year, i feel heavier.
on time
my niece turns ten in a couple of weeks.
on baristas
this morning, rachel told me she was leaving.
on the selves we choose
i’ve been thinking about the school of life: an emotional education, a book i read years ago, likely mangled in memory.
on parallel universes
people talk about how liberating and empowering your 30s are, but if i’m being honest, when i look in the mirror, i often see a mausoleum of former possibilities staring back at me—unlived lives hanging in a closet like clothes that no longer fit, but i can’t bring myself to give away.