First: I gasped when I saw the title because Rivers and Roads is one of my favourite songs.
Second: This was beautifully captured! You described a lot of my emotions that I have been trying to grasp for years, about the same topics and the same search for home. As of now, I have found home in two of my best friends, a person and my dog. I certainly have hopes for which city I hope to find home in, but maybe that is more to do with the person I hope to visit that city with, instead of the city itself.
hehe thank you so much! it's inspired by a favorite playlist of esje from almost a decade ago, which was inspired by the very song you mentioned :)
also that's beautiful! and i totally agree and a thought i want to explore as well. i know that home can and sometimes is simply other people, but is it too much to ask for a city to embody such? 🥹
this was such a beautiful piece; i visited Taiwan a little over a year ago and it hasn’t left my mind ever since; it’s the quiet kind of familiar and yet strange - that makes me want to have more of it; even if it is held in fragments.
Thanyou for writing this esje, as a south Asian queer individual who has though born & grew up in India,my dad had to move a lot within the country to
different cities very frequently. And I have never felt home in any one city. And I recently moved to a completely new city again for my college. Born in a
country where each state has it's own different culture & language, it's always difficult to fit in and to understand what is home for me has been a long journey. And I still don't think I have found my
First: I gasped when I saw the title because Rivers and Roads is one of my favourite songs.
Second: This was beautifully captured! You described a lot of my emotions that I have been trying to grasp for years, about the same topics and the same search for home. As of now, I have found home in two of my best friends, a person and my dog. I certainly have hopes for which city I hope to find home in, but maybe that is more to do with the person I hope to visit that city with, instead of the city itself.
Again, thank you for your words <3.
hehe thank you so much! it's inspired by a favorite playlist of esje from almost a decade ago, which was inspired by the very song you mentioned :)
also that's beautiful! and i totally agree and a thought i want to explore as well. i know that home can and sometimes is simply other people, but is it too much to ask for a city to embody such? 🥹
Your writing changes me. Never stop writing please.
britta 🥹 you are the absolute sweetest thank u so much
soooo beautiful as always 🤍🤍
appreciate you always!
this was such a beautiful piece; i visited Taiwan a little over a year ago and it hasn’t left my mind ever since; it’s the quiet kind of familiar and yet strange - that makes me want to have more of it; even if it is held in fragments.
i totally get you, and i just can't seem to get enough of it -- as i'm visiting again for the 3rd time this year next week hehe
esje these were the most beautiful and heartfelt fragments. your heart is so big you can leave pieces in all of these places 🤍
ily love and appreciate you always!!
i love your writing so much, your stories of home, the different places and meanings, it's so beautiful to read
you are the sweetest 🥹
Thanyou for writing this esje, as a south Asian queer individual who has though born & grew up in India,my dad had to move a lot within the country to
different cities very frequently. And I have never felt home in any one city. And I recently moved to a completely new city again for my college. Born in a
country where each state has it's own different culture & language, it's always difficult to fit in and to understand what is home for me has been a long journey. And I still don't think I have found my
home, but I am glad I am not the only one ❤❤