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Moments

a Microseries by Jonathan Saucedo I’ve never been to the moon or swung from a star swam the deepest of oceans or climbed the Rocky Mountains. My wish for you is that you do these things but if you don’t, you dream my love. Dream of these places. Walk where…

Moments

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Moments

a Microseries

by Jonathan Saucedo

A dark bluish-black background with the hint of stars where the poem by Jonathan is superimposed on top of. The text reads: I’ve never been to the moon or swung from a star
swam the deepest of oceans or climbed the Rocky Mountains.
My wish for you is that you do these things
but if you don’t, you dream my love.
Dream of these places.
Walk where you’ve never walked.
Swing from a star with your name on it and kiss the beautiful moon.
No matter what your time takes from you, your dreams

I’ve never been to the moon or swung from a star

swam the deepest of oceans or climbed the Rocky Mountains.

My wish for you is that you do these things

but if you don’t, you dream my love.

Dream of these places.

Walk where…

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Celebrations

My phone holds “Speech Assistant,“ a Text to Speech Augmentative/Alternative Communication (AAC) app on my homescreen as well, which I have used time and again to speak for myself in times of celebration when the words in my heart would not make their way into the world. “Something blue is…

Celebrations

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Moments

A Micro-Series Jonathan M Saucedo Time: the colors dim and explode You were never alone The fireflies surround you You just never looked up all these years Look up, my darling Nothing is cracked. Nothing is broken.

Time

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Moments

A Micro-Series

Jonathan M Saucedo

Time: the colors dim and explode

You were never alone

The fireflies surround you

You just never looked up all these years

Look up, my darling

Nothing is cracked. Nothing is broken.

Jul 25

Moments

A Micro-Series Jonathan M Saucedo Time…expansive and brief You have time No, darling. That’s just it. You don’t have all that time you were promised. But why?

Time

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Moments

A Micro-Series

Jonathan M Saucedo

Time…expansive and brief

You have time

No, darling. That’s just it. You don’t have all that time you were promised.

But why?

Jul 19

Blue Memory

I call my mom and tell her I have a disease that I don’t know much about, but I’m getting fitted for a wheelchair. All good things don’t necessarily have to end, they change like the seasons. As I approach my 42nd birthday, I look toward our annual trip to Florida where I celebrate in the pool by day and the lanai by night with more cake than a person should be able to…

Birthday

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Jul 13

To Be Seen: We all have a story inside of us that is yearning to be told and heard.

All good things don’t necessarily end, they just change like the seasons. All of us are moving through our own summer, fall, spring, or winter; our own moments that we either hide from or face at 2 am when our minds are still or buzzing. Whatever change we are facing…

Theatre

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To Be Seen: We all have a story inside of us that is yearning to be told and heard.

Jul 10

That Old Life: Myelin, Magic, and Memory. The power of memories in maintaining independence and dignity with illness

Birth. Death. Laughter. Pain. Heath. Sickness. Our before and after. Something blue is where the story both begins and ends. Bursting from a moment of silence into endless shades of brilliant tones of possibility-this is where faith and hope reside. I try to make others feel comfortable with my condition…

Nervous System

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That Old Life: Myelin, Magic, and Memory.

Jul 1

Something Blue

Upon leaving the secondary teaching profession due to illness, a teacher asks — what now? Welcome to the second installment of the blog series, “all good things…” as we explore “the ellipsis…” It has been 21 days since I stepped foot inside my school. I stood in the multipurpose room the day after graduation, helping a student measure lines on a flat that would be…

Chronic Illness

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Jun 15

The Pride Flight

By Jonathan Michael Saucedo Remembering the vibrance and violence of a gay establishment during a celebration of Pride. The rain poured down gray and brittle, chilling to the bone — chipping it as he headed home that last night when the world was too big…

LGBTQ

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Jun 10

The Commencement

A teacher says goodbye to his classroom at the end of his secondary teaching career to do battle with an illness and pursue new opportunities. all good things… The sun was hot and bright, and I had forgotten to wear my prescription sunglasses to sit on the football field for the commencement ceremony…

Teacher

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