puttarpoq

For Quan, and other wanderers out there

please don't forget to be proud, of yourself, as you survived it.

uncertainty, challenges, and doubts

tell you you can't rise, but you sure did.

the world is bizarre,

and we are petit,

run, who knows how far, to our end, with the

pressure to fail lies underneath every stone we step

on and off during our journey, a

quest for peace.

In the Eskimo-Aleut language, "puttarpoq" means "it is raining".

There was this time, a dear friend told me everyday it felt like it was raining, continuously. The rain keeps him away from going to work, reaching out to his friends, or even something as simple as getting up and brushing his teeth. I wanted to comfort my friend but couldn’t find anything wise to say. So there we were, sitting and smoking in silent. I haven't came up with any wise advice until today, but the regret not telling him how brave he was.