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A review by lelex
There Should Be Flowers by Joshua Jennifer Espinoza
4.0
All these movie moments and hand cutting wind in half dreams come for me as if sent by some light that wants to watch me survive.
There should be awards given out for things like showering, going to the grocery store, and breathing, but no one cares. I care. Lots of people care but ultimately no one cares.
All that womanhood caught in the roof of my mouth was like honey.
I don't know how to tell you this but I'm ten leaves floating in a pool of rainwater that you hop over on your way to work every day.
There are trees outside my window filled with dozens of hummingbirds. I want to offer them the sugar from my tongue because they would never think to ask for it.
I'm no longer interested in suffering as entertainment meaning I'm no longer interested in entertainment or suffering.
I can get through anything if I change the shape of it enough.
Outside in the dirt I measure suffering and make a choice.
Soon I will turn 28. I am approaching the sky. Every birthday after 30 will feel like a statistical anomaly because it literally will be. It's okay to feel what is true in your hands and in your teeth. It doesn't have to heal you or set you free. It just has to remind you that you exist. I hardly exist and it's fine.
Bookend my body with all your rain until I grow into something better.
There should be awards given out for things like showering, going to the grocery store, and breathing, but no one cares. I care. Lots of people care but ultimately no one cares.
All that womanhood caught in the roof of my mouth was like honey.
I don't know how to tell you this but I'm ten leaves floating in a pool of rainwater that you hop over on your way to work every day.
There are trees outside my window filled with dozens of hummingbirds. I want to offer them the sugar from my tongue because they would never think to ask for it.
I'm no longer interested in suffering as entertainment meaning I'm no longer interested in entertainment or suffering.
I can get through anything if I change the shape of it enough.
Outside in the dirt I measure suffering and make a choice.
Soon I will turn 28. I am approaching the sky. Every birthday after 30 will feel like a statistical anomaly because it literally will be. It's okay to feel what is true in your hands and in your teeth. It doesn't have to heal you or set you free. It just has to remind you that you exist. I hardly exist and it's fine.
Bookend my body with all your rain until I grow into something better.