The heart must be a thicket, archival pigment print, handmade light box, roofing nails, 8 x 3 feet, 2024
The heart must be a thicket—
branches pressed inward,
brush tangled upon itself,
a place that accepts what’s hidden,
where darkness gathers
and light seeps through cracks,
filling spaces that nearly disappear,
quiet, yet sharp as the edges of leaves,
where forgotten longings lie softly lit.
