lavender

make it to work. live inoffensively.

meet expectations. take ultimatums.

spend cold days earning cosy, lonely nights. 

delude yourself, convinced that you’re alive because you know how to warm by the fire.

… 

if you ever thought that you were lacking

love, if you could practice, would you ask to? 

too few are born into community. 

whole neighbourhoods have fell abandoned. 

what are the barriers? 

why is there scarcity 

when each human being 

is breathing and bleeding 

companionship?

without the door and blinds shuttered,

without judgement, 

and vulnerable, 

without the deadbolt locked… 

…can we connect? 

be intimate? 

authentic? 

do you want 

to go for a walk?

Inspired by:

Lars and the Real Girl (2007) directed by Craig Gillespie.