Xanadu
 

My 16th birthday and I can’t see anyone. I can’t have a party or see half of my family, out of fear of infecting the people I love. She’s...

Scuttling home from school and all she can think about is hopping into her bed straight away, wrapping herself in those warm fluffy...

Taking responsibility for my own happiness. Fantasies of my own traceless disappearance, an oasis of self-improvement wander my mind, and...

“Percussion and brass, measure 144! Just percussion and brass.” I watch his hands wave to count them in as I sit in the front row. His...

Scratches on parchment flourish; the ink transforms into stories. As scissors slice through fabric, creating extravagant robes from mere...

In some words that can be viewed, let it be known that I contain multitudes I listen to “Stars” by Nina Simmone, as well as Mr. West’s...

The man sits in his room as if he were paralyzed by his mind. He makes attempts to move but is shackled by chains of anxiety and self...

Inspired By Adam Zagajewski Try to praise the mutilated world. Revel in the rays which warm your sheets, as you lay sprawled beneath your...

I was too young, too young to understand what that six letter word really meant. But if the look on Dad's face was anything to go by— it...

I stumble upon a queen of hearts. In the middle of dirt. On the side of the road. I bend over and pick up the muddy, mangled, magnificent...