to become other than dust

our species drawing lines
individualized, recontextualized, intertwined

to find solace, you ask us to soften
transparent and expressive
we find our mouths open, tongues tied
freedom of guilt spitting out their gaze

not softening, but fluorescent boundaries
finding futures there, in dreams
liberation:
a place we have yet to know

at the point of departure
we traverse the water in search of ourselves

friction between spaces
body based bumping in the dark
we have never known ourselves without you.

Work by: jose e abad, Malia Byrne, & Gabriel Christian

This project is Co-Produced with the Joe Goode Annex.

photo credit to: Aaron Salinas // @peeka.true