With or Without You
I never feared the silence. I feared getting used to hearing your voice every day, only to learn that one day I would have to live without it. I want you to disappear into your...
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Some people become memories before we realize they were becoming memories.
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6 pieces in Arrie
The Smoker
Yes, I am a smoker. Yes, I smoke. What else is there to do? But watch the ash fall And stare into the dark sky? What can I do to the wind I cannot control? What can I do to the...
A Train Station
Swiss trains are never late. Not really. Not unless something has gone terribly wrong somewhere deep in the mountains. They pass through snow, tunnels carved into stone, violen...
Cafe Windows
This piece was heavily inspired by “Cleopatra” by The Lumineers, particularly its storytelling style and emotional themes of timing, regret, and missed love. Some lyrical ideas...
The Match
She is the answer to a question I was still learning how to ask but the answer arrived in a language I was never taught to speak. She builds things. Not houses —certainties. Bo...
You are Beautiful
I saw a girl on the internet She caught my eye somehow Just a moment on a glowing screen But I remember it now We talked a little, laughed a bit I liked the way you spoke You h...