Inertia by Oladosu Michael Emerald
“He called it rest. I call it a kind of surrender, a way to let the body stay while the soul drifts. ” — Oladosu Michael Emerald
waiting on you to die so i can be myself by Danez Smith
“i love dearly to die so i can be myself. / please don’t make me say who.” — Danez Smith
Notes On Staying by Hieu Minh Nguyen
"If joy is what tethers us to this life then most days, my mother & I float above the pavement, tied together by the fraying threads of her nightgown." — Hieu Minh Nguyen
Blues by Elizabeth Alexander
"There is no sin but sloth. Burn / to a wick and keep moving." — Elizabeth Alexander
This Be the Verse by Philip Larkin
"They fill you with the faults they had / And add some extra, just for you." — Philip Larkin