meeting place 50
Elijah Persad-Paisley MD’24
inside my mind
i feel Them* getting next to me
but love is blind,
and, unlike the other times,
this is not a fantasy.
on darkened sheets,
i weep
until the sunset, sunrise,
yet another time.
just like the other times,
it is a fantasy of mine.
* = a gender-neutral pronoun
Elijah Persad-Paisley
Brown Medical School - Class of 2024
Elijah Persad-Paisley (MD ’24) is a second-year medical student who appreciates the elusive intersection between art and human emotion.