Sabrina Benaim

“insomnia has this romantic way of making the moon feel like perfect company.”

— Sabrina Benaim

“how do i teach my ears to hear songs without the ghosts of you inside of them?”

— Sabrina Benaim

“i held hands with my sadness, sang it songs in the shower, fed it lunch, got it drunk & put it to…

— Sabrina Benaim

“i miss you, but i don't wish you were here”

— Sabrina Benaim

“when i see a candle, i see the flesh of a church. the flicker of life sparks a memory younger than noon;…

— Sabrina Benaim

“i am sleepwalking on an ocean of happiness i cannot baptize myself in.”

— Sabrina Benaim

“mom still doesn't understand. mom, can't you see? neither do i.”

— Sabrina Benaim

“it's weird how a jacket can be more reliable than a father.”

— Sabrina Benaim

“my heart has developed a kind of amnesia, where it remembers everything but itself.”

— Sabrina Benaim

“mom, i am lonely. i think i learnt it when dad left; how to turn the anger into lonely, the lonely into…

— Sabrina Benaim

“mom says where did anxiety come from? anxiety is the cousin visiting from out of town depression felt obliged to bring to…

— Sabrina Benaim

“everybody loves me because i'm good at making people feel good. i'm good at making people feel good because i have had…

— Sabrina Benaim

“my happy is a high fever that will break, my happy is as hollow as a pin-pricked egg”

— Sabrina Benaim