proverb 39

there were dreams, streams, screams. here we were, where was i. in the distance, like a mirage, like the heat that scorches tarmac and long dead river beds. there i was, a phantom of regret, of desire, of peace.
“and a mother’s hand is the single most beautiful thing in the world because it eclipses the son and brings him forth into the world before night swallows us whole.”