To Find That The Self We Secretly Prefer in That Moment Has Been Crushed By Our Longings

[Peaches - Maria Alexandra Vettese]

Whether I had to,
wanted to,
or forced myself into solitude,
I have come to realize that there is more beauty and pain
packed tightly into a moment of silence,
a word on a page,
a peach sitting on the counter.

Some days I don't know how to come back.