Mei
The Warmth of His Hand
Walking outside on a cold day, he took my hand and warmth tingled at the surface of my skin before seeping into the palm of my hand and up my arm where it made a home in my heart.
Spiders of Frustration
There was a moment today when I realised I wasn’t being as productive as I would have liked and little spiders of frustration scuttled out of my ears, to the tips of my fingers and toes, and settled in the back of my eyes.
Music in the rain
There was a moment today – when walking to a 9am test in the rain with my headphones on – that the beat from the music ran through my ears and down my body in waves. They pooled in my feet and gave my stride a bounce as if the ground was a trampoline and the world my playground.