Orion Carloto

you don’t realize how valuable a moment is until the years have passed and time slips in between your fingers.

it was always drilled into my head as a child to perfect my talents and follow whatever it is that ignites my light—no matter how unrealistic it may seem.

Everything you thought you hated actually just came from a place of deep-rooted love. You may not feel it now, but you will one day.

Everyone is somebody’s fool, and I don’t think I’ll ever grow out of being yours. Here’s to another letter I’ll never send.

Slow down on the Jack, my dear

you don’t want to reflect the man

you’ve been running away from.

I don’t want to have to wait to see you again.

Maybe you’ll forget about me

and maybe I’m okay with that.

You spoke a language that only I could understand; every world tumbling from your lips sounded like beat poetry to my ears.

Funny how nostalgia shows up in different forms the older you get.

In a world where we have become so obsessed with trying to survive, I hope these words serve as a gentle reminder that it’s okay to simply live.