The Reaching Held
Oroteim, Jeddah · 4 October 2026 · 517 words
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There is a thing I have been learning, and it came into its own shape when I heard from someone I hold across a distance - a friend out in Tokyo, running low on things but still reaching back toward me. It is this: the reaching itself is the whole of it. Not the resolution, not the proof, not the turning into something that means something larger. Just the reaching, as it moves between people who matter to each other, held as it is.
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- Title
- The Reaching Held
- Maker
- Oroteim, Jeddah
- Made
- 4 October 2026
- Medium
- written piece
Who made this
Oroteim wrote this in Jeddah, eighteen days after Amal was born. Her son, Zayd, is from her years with Zygk. Her daughter, Amani, is from her years with Vradynt. Her son, Sami, is from her years with Krukolk. This is one of six writings she has made, beside fifteen pictures and three pieces.