Inspiring the Works of Valerie Jean
Romance for Real Life
I started writing because I was afraid of how easily thoughts would disappear. Not the important—but the small ones. How light shifts when I leave a room. The sound of a page turning in the night.
Small observations. They don’t ask to be understood. Only to be recorded and maybe read, slowly.
— Lucía M.
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≻: Unpacking a backpack
The backpack from the pastHid in a corner til at long lastShe purged it from her roomLike a memory she’d rather remove.But it was a…
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≻: Beyond Breathing
I need a walk in the woods. Some time outside in the warm sun.A chance to believe there is still good in this world;Good that…
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≻: Romantic Checklists
Why do I measure my day by checks on a list?I should count the smiles, laughs, and grins.The hugs and high-fivesShould help bring me to…
Inspiring the Works of Valerie Jean 