patrick 林香麟


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to want without wanting

on occasion i see a glimpse reflected in a misplaced word a sigh, or a glance hovering, a littletoo close for comfort do I love each letter that fits in my hand? the rumbling gets louder and harder to…

a sea change

a lion is bornwhen white smoke wispsits wayfrom under the frescoes towards the Adriatic it chases a deer over those same mountainsand rivers depicted on scrolls that still line the narrow corridorsof an empty palace is it a coincidence,…

a birdsong

what does it meanto crawl out,fully formed? into the arms of a stranger A certain longingA knowing smileA restless wave what does it mean to stand firm? in the precipice — when songbirds whistle outsideyour window. You’d never noticeif…

ghosts

time, time always bringstears to my eyesto stand thereto watch himto sigh at weaknesssplit down the bone no story has that tragicending, where the herofights bravely, and sacrificeshis love on the altar the only ghosts there truly areare conjuredby…

books i read in 2024

2666 – Roberto Bolaño (4/5)Master Builder – Alfonso Martinez Arias (4/5)The Red Shoes – Clarissa Pinkola Estés (3/5)Thinking in Systems – Donella Meadows (4/5)Orthodoxy – G.K. Chesterton (5/5)Heretics – G.K. Chesterton (3/5)Motes and Beams – Michael Pierce (2/5)Advice for…

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