1. I love riding the bus at six in the evening, the crisp ringing of coins coming from the coin slot and people squeezing into the bus like sardines. The old grandfather leaning back in his chair and snoring, the man whispering to his wife on the phone that he’s almost home, the high school student reading a book or listening to English, all different people coincidentally getting on the bus home at the edge of the city’s sunset, as if it’s time for people to get close together.
2. I happened to think of some people I used to talk to late, but it’s really been a long time since I’ve been in touch with them.
4. I long for you, I want to connect with you more, to exchange scents and souls with you. Sometimes it feels like you should meet someone better than me, but when I like you, I feel like I’m worth liking too.
5. “I knew you would step on my minefield, so I went ahead and replaced all the bombs with full stars.”
6. “The sky is like a dark blue love letter today.”
7. I actually don’t know much about liking, but I want to walk towards you.
8. “Writing a letter is really a tender thing, the delicate little heart is hidden in the horizontal, vertical and downward, like a shy little beast hiding between the words and lines of love, sealed by fire paint, waiting for the moment of unsealing to come out and jump into the soft waves under the eyes of the person who opened the letter.”
9. “The thunder is the snoring of the clouds, the stars and the moon are asleep, and someone is taking pictures in the sky, using lightning as a flash.”
10. “You leave, to the second before we first meet. Also I should leave and try to fall away in between classes when the sunlight is a little slanted.”
11. “A little nostalgic for the summer of 2018, a small town under a stringed moon, the river in a crisp evening breeze, with streetlights shining brightly to illuminate a small clearing. The clothes stick to the back, and teenagers wipe away each other’s sweat-sheeny foreheads, whispering quietly that ice-powder cold cakes are no sweeter than you.”
12. “The most reassuring thing about being a student is the dusk that falls in the sky as you walk back to class with a glass of cold juice after a full meal.”
13. “The night sky of the city only has the moon. When I miss you, I crack the mirror on the lake and let the stars come up one by one, one by one.”
14. It’s getting to a point where
it will feel like I love love love love this person so much.
I like him so much that I want to hold him tightly in my arms,
rubbing his head,
cupping his face the little freckles on his face reflected in my pupils,
turning into bright little shining stars.
We rolled down the hillside together covered with soft plants?
The scent of flowers fills my nose,
and we roll and roll,
grass seeds knot in our hair,
and then poof,
we fall into the lake,
and are gently bounced by blue jelly.
15. The cat was asleep by the fireplace,
and a moon rose in the sky.
It’s not the same one as yesterday,
yesterday it was white,
today it’s yellow,
a yellow like pear candy.
16. “Luck may still not be in my favor, but I believe that going on like this with a good heart will also get me my golden ticket in life.”
17. “If I could, I would hide in the softest, fluffiest cloud and quietly peek out and watch my little ones make their big, little wishes with folded hands. I want to be their own little deity, to listen carefully to their every wish, to use my feeble spiritual power to bless them with all things victorious, the clouds clearing and a bright future ahead.”