trust

last night i came home after a long weekend of work, with still one more day to come. everyone else went to Dada but i thought it best to spend the night at home, alone and reflecting.

today is the solstice. the nights have grown longer every day for six months, but i never saw it so much as i have these past few weeks. i felt my skin begin to crawl a little before midnight, and i wanted to blame it on the bugs from the fresh papayas that morning, or my scabies-infected friend from two nights before - but maybe it was the itch from the year that was.

i took a shower, and when i stepped out it was after midnight. i decided to begin my new year much like the one that came before, much like those yet to come...

i wrote, i prayed, i meditated.