Maia

  • What I Forgot While Being Useful

    The world didn’t leave.I did. I folded myself smalleruntil I fit inside a checklist.Learned to speak…

  • At the Turning

    The year loosenslike a knot warmed by breath—not broken,not forgiven,just finished with. It releases me quietly,the…

  • Held Note

    The sea loosens its gripand the shore opens wide,a sheet of silver, breathing. Clouds gather and…

  • There Is No Answer Coming

    I believed there was a reasonburied under the silence—something still whole,if I stayed long enough,if I…

  • Inventory

    I am not built from wreckage.I am built from noticing. From the way dusk leansbefore it…

  • Facing East

    Morning comeswithout asking what survived the night. Not light—not yet—just the loosening of darkalong the edges…

  • “Thirteen”

    You were sunlight before you ever spoke,a spark I caught and carried home —I was still…

  • The Hush Between Pages

    She is the hush between pages,the pause before thought begins —a sliver of silver duskstretched across…

  • The Room Big Enough

    There’s a sound the air makeswhen it stops needing to hold its breath.It’s softer than forgiveness,heavier…

  • Muscle Memory

    Some chapters end in fire,others in the slow unravelingof thread—pull one looseand watch the careful weavingcome…