1.
Because you can only sit in the dark for so long, until the sky opens up again.
2.
Because it is time to wake up.
3.
Because a wound heals eventually.
4.
Because a scar means surviving.
5.
Because another story can begin even if the other hasn’t reached its end yet.
6.
Because I am here. Because you are here.
7.
Because the world turns.
8.
Because there is a crack in everything.
Pinhole
Kay RyanWe say
pinhole.
A pin hole
of light. We
can’t imagine
how bright
more of it
could be,
the way
this much
defeats night.
It almost
isn’t fair,
whoever
poked this,
with such
a small act
to vanquish
blackness.
