Composed Desire

Played it cool
When I was a teenager, my mother told me that rarely in life do you end up with the person you love the most.
7 hrs ago • Umi
Depth
He loved you at the depth that breaks men.
Jul 29 • Umi
You will grow to despise me.
There’s a scene in Far from the Madding Crowd that I’ve watched more times than I’d admit.
Jul 25 • Umi
The only daughter
Ma, I think I became a man for you.
Jul 23 • Umi
I read somewhere that if you want to know if a girl grew up scared, watch what she does when a man raises his voice.
My silence felt like distance.
Jul 21 • Umi
When will you get married?
There’s a scene in a movie I can’t stop thinking about.
Jul 20 • Umi
It's been a year
A year ago I was a different animal.
Jul 16 • Umi
門當戶對
the doors don't match
Jul 14 • Umi
Another year around the sun
I turned thirty-five today.
Jul 9 • Umi
Hallmarked with sentiment
My grandmother took me to the bank the way other grandmothers took children to the park.
Jul 7 • Umi

June 2026

You can be replaced, and no one can be you
Someone will sit in your chair after you leave.
Jun 27 • Umi
Monsters don't grow flowers
I confused the damage I’d walked through with the damage I’d become.
Jun 25 • Umi
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