Art by Jess Nguyen
yesterday i went to bed with a belly full of grief
i dreamt about my best friend and my mum and
someone i met at a party two and a half years ago whose name
i don’t remember
i dreamt about my childhood bedroom that wasn’t
mine because the bedsheets were tucked in at the sides
i dreamt i was smaller
i dreamt i went swimming
in my dream i was an only child and in the pool i floated
my belly bobbing at the surface
fingers pruned with time spent
another adaptation i did not choose
i closed my eyes and the sun disappeared
at night, the world is quiet and no one needs anything
last night i dreamt i was pregnant and in love
today i woke up hungry
and tried my hardest to remembe