Xanadu
 

She sits alone, surrounded by the quiet noise of passing time. The years blur together now, but in her head, they are vivid. Fourteen’s...

Lina wearily wandered through the winding halls of her grandmother’s house. The floorboards groaned beneath her feet, ancient wood...

I look to you.  You’re supposed to guide me, support me.  I am like a girl in a desert— All I see is scorching golden sand for miles, Or...

A flimsy, thin thread encapsulates your body. It works its way through your epidermis, retina, cochlea, And finally—your parietal lobe....

Following the rules is easy— Go on green, stop on red. Yet a ruby red Mustang  Blazes past the first stop sign. Red means stop. Follow...

My eardrums are hollow. Your voice gets lost in the canyon — I can’t hear you. Butchered affirmations and sermons of tender sentiment....

Dust settles on the book cover. Every chapter has dog-eared pages, with scribbled  notes in the margin. The spine is cracked and crooked,...

Grab your portmanteau Start moving—we’re walking to the Chateau  Stone windows, art nouveau  Distant cousins dressed like hoes Take...

I look at my heart placed so carefully upon the porcelain plate. Same place as always with only one new addition. Utensils stick out,...

False promises, false advertising that this wouldn’t be a bad course to take. I don’t need this to graduate, I didn’t need him in order...