Behind Closed Doors, and: Everywhere, Light, and: My Heart Didn't Bleed for the Grief of the World

Abstract: "Behind Closed Doors" looks at how childhood traumas and attachment styles shape our sense of privacy and intimacy in adulthood. "Everywhere, Light" rewrites the myth of Icarus through loss and yearning. The poem balances upward gazes with downward falls, holding itself in a space perpetually midair. "My Heart Didn't Bleed for the Grief of the World" reflects on universal and individual suffering, questioning the meaning of seeing and sharing, and the limits that define humanness.