19.10.23

19.10.23

“But East and West will pinch the heart / That cannot keep them pushed apart; / And he whose soul is flat—the sky / Will cave in on him by and by.” —Edna St. Vincent Millay

I spent a couple weeks feeling shit about myself, but the light-soaked days are slowly returning. I started the week off at networking events and having good times with good friends. Now I’ve been working on my minor paper, reading Abolitionist Intimacies (phenomenal), preparing my cover letter for a clerkship, and starting to prep for moot practice.

NTR: no matter your achievements, no matter how much you are loved, and no matter the light you bring to this world, there are days you will feel like shit. And that’s okay.

i sometimes forget that this is everyone’s first time on earth too. like. this is my first time seeing a butterfly this color. but its that little girl’s first time seeing any butterfly, ever. and i accidentally left a bag of groceries at the store after paying and now i’m cursing under my breath and it’s like. there a thousand other people out there who did that today too. and a thousand more from yesterday. and. like. we’re not actually alone. and we’re not actually failing. at least not in a way that a few billion people haven’t before you

Anis Mojgani, from “Here I Am”, Songs from Under the River: A Collection of Poetry

[whispers “fuck” with a sigh underneath my breath before any task]

You know you’re deep into the law school culture when you look up R v Parks and are thoroughly confused when campsite locations show up

Damn, what a fucking week (me at 11:35am on a Monday)