Cassandra Daneluscu
- Oct 30, 2022
The Silence of Acceptance…
When silence is painful, we speak to fill it. We might speak too much, we might wish we didn’t. To ignore or submerge, our thoughts,...
Candida Villalta
- Oct 29, 2022
Sunday Nights
Sunday nights nights of solitude. The nights before waking up too soon. Routinely getting no rest; nightglows glowing through the window....
Madeline Franz
- Oct 22, 2022
Intake
Breathe in. Breathe out. Rooting. Rumbling. Roaring. Cheers erupt from the crowd, hundreds on their feet mouths gaping hands clasping...
Sarah Cruz
- Oct 20, 2022
Strawberry Lemonade
When I look at you how could I ignore your baby blues, past and future cut me loose falling into swimming pools. Sticky surrender I could...
Paige MacPherson
- Oct 17, 2022
Morning Air
Stars dissolve soundlessly, dark ink draining til plum-tinged sky is still. Slip under silk sheets warm tea in one palm. Sweet cinnamon...
Rene Saravia
- Oct 14, 2022
A Fluffy Attack
It was a cold winter night when I was heading home. It just snowed. I don’t like when it snows since I’m a tiny girl. People used to make...
Alana Marzigliano
- Oct 14, 2022
My End
Your vines wrapped slowly. I never heard them. I still do not perceive that pressure. My twisted, tangled roots did not always choke, nor...
Zahra Choudry
- Oct 13, 2022
The Cost of Altruism
The restlessness of your eyes longing to know peace urging to feel comfort, yet so hesitant to be heard. Saying more from your subtle...
Natalia Lutz
- Oct 11, 2022
Submerged in Silence
The cheery sounds of laughing and splashing— in an instant muffled by the barrier that is water. The only guaranteed immediate escape...