Dear Reader | Candle No. 16 floral citrus resistance

resistance

between drowning in sorrow and letting it baptize her

but all you hear is your own pulse

It’s strange how stillness can arrive like a plot twist

Dear Reader | Candle No. 16 floral citrus resistanceThis one smells like gliding across endless bookshelves, atop a mahogany ladder with brass wheels. You know the one. It opens with the crisp flutter of old parchment and the faint sweetness of faded ink. The air is steeped in dust and daydreams, the hush of a library after closing. The aroma of antique books drifts through the quiet, mingling with sueded silk and scrolls worn soft by time. This scent is heirlooms and history, like a borrowed novel