Kay Ryan

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

Hello, April. Hello, poetry month. Here's a reminder I'll never get tired of: Tenderness and Rot Kay Ryan Tenderness and rot share a border. And rot is an aggressive neighbor Whose iridescence keeps creeping over. No lessons can be drawn from this however.

It's Christmas eve. Feeling a bit melancholy but happier than I've ever been. Crossing my fingers that I could hold on to this feeling a bit more longer. Things Shouldn't Be So Hard Kay Ryan A life should leave deep tracks: ruts where she