Author: Maria Isabelle Carlos

Trust that there exists                     a version of you who has set her alarm                 for seven a.m. and wakes to it        who remembers to floss to sweep tangles        from her hair        root to tip with a wide-toothed comb   before she leaves the house      that there exists      a version who leaves            the house      Trust the sober     tidy version    who makes her bed keeps her appointments     calls her mother Trust…