for the mask

for the thing you found while looking for something else

for the bed you can't sleep in

for doodles that became logos

for the border crossing

for the age you thought was old

for loneliness in a crowd

for the ticket stub

for the song that brought it all back

for the thing you should see a doctor about

for the fort made of couch cushions

for the subtitle you misread

for the song from the other room

for descendants who haven't been born

for the Oxford comma debate

for time zones

for people who talk to their plants

for the recipe passed down

for requited feelings

for the contradiction you are

for the self-imposed deadline

for the first night in a new city

for the sound of a pen on paper

for the apology

for the argument for both

for the post that got too many likes

for the sound of typing

for the birthday wish

for people who wrote one poem in 2019 and still think about it

for aspiring novelists

for the temporarily certain

for the voice memo you can't understand

for the diner at 1am

for shipping too early

for the hotel room

for writing in all caps

for déjà vu

for the photograph you wish you'd taken

for permanence

for the silence after the music stops

for notebooks you never finished

for the thing you couldn't return

for the DM you didn't screenshot

for the thing you returned

for the rent check

for the spiritual but not religious

for giving up

for the road trip

for dinner for breakfast

for the minute after midnight

for dreaming in a different language

for the river

for the shower

for the text you typed and deleted

for Tuesdays

for quiet rage

for the long weekend

for the ten more minutes

for full moons

for the Sunday scaries

for the last day at the old place

for people who say they don't write but have 400 notes on their phone

for prototypes

for the closet you haven't cleaned

for the marginalia

for the day nothing happened

for the version of you that exists in other people's stories

for the shortcut through the alley

for the quote you misattribute

for napkin sketches

for the nickname

for the dangerous choice you don't

for plans that became memories

for armchair philosophers

for the thing you'll forget by morning

for the walk that cleared your head

for the friend who texts back immediately

for the language you're forgetting

for people who call it 'content' when they mean 'writing'

for leap years

for the cry that turns into laughing

for the spare key under the mat

for complaints never filed

for the rewrite of the rewrite

for the beautiful lie

for the obvious thing you missed

for the light you left on

for hindsight

for people who say 'I'm not a writer' and then write something beautiful

for the crossed fingers

for the book with someone else's notes

for the lightness after crying

for former bloggers

for starting over

for the things you can't undo

for the basement

for doing nothing

for the first day

for free will

for people who can't afford therapists

for the Wikipedia rabbit hole

for the meaning of the dream

for screen time reports

for the notification you ignored

for the beta

for the lyric you got tattooed

for the thing you'll never publish

for the bird at 5am

for the voicemail you saved for years

for wireframes

for the person you were

for people on chapter one for three years

for the hot shower

for the chapter you reread

for the cafeteria

for jotters

for the silence between old friends

for writing it down

for the group chat that never sleeps

for the fix that broke something else

for confessions

for the gap between thoughts

for notebooks you never started

for the refactor

for the blue hour

for people who only write in pencil

for people who have strong opinions about em dashes

for thinking in two languages

for 2pm drowsiness

for the restless

for HACK comments

for the pet you lost

for the spider you didn't kill

for Wednesdays especially

for the tree you climbed as a kid

for recurring thoughts

for the hiding spot everyone knew about

for the end

for detours

for the thing hiding in plain sight

for margins of textbooks

for angry tears

for the walk without headphones

for the chronically online

for the inside joke no one else gets

for the held breath before jumping

for the thing on your desk you can't explain

for the extra second

for the notebook you carry everywhere

for one more line