November 19th, 2023 - Rahil Najafabadi’s “Safety Blanket”

One of the times we keep our eyes closed
when the waves lift us from beneath our
feet. We feel a shift in our stomach, like
the plane­­––I’m suddenly above myself.
I see the people from a heated dream,
where I just want to escape all the sheets
and all the layers of woven trauma,
fabricating who we can really be alone.