Xanadu
 

Taking a test I have not studied for. The class with a screaming silence. A silence I have only heard when talking to my dad about my rap...

The clinking of glasses being brought down from the top shelf of the cabinet, fills her with excitement. The popping noise of the cork...

Drained discolored heavy bags beneath my eyes, staring into my soul. Faded smile, heart sunk into the stomach, clogged throat. Stretch...

The wood between the body and the wound steel. Tense, bending, falling– out of place, breaking, yet meant to be perfectly still. A...

I’m perfect, I am. It’s a funny thing, never failing, having no flaws. As each day passes I get better. And every time I think, Surely,...

In the yellow cylinder with crowded rows, my friends knew to stop making jokes before we turned the corner. Instant Replay. The small,...

In the quiet place of nostalgia, old pictures whisper tales through the sky. A silver coin with that very year, in the treasury of time,...

The nostalgia of knocking on my neighbors’ doors and all the memories held right in front of my driveway. Gathering friendly faces and...

Pink bubble gum. Pink like the petals of a rose, Soft and delicate, A whisper of a color. Pink like the sky at sunset, A warm and...

I shine like an emerald, Elegant and everlasting. Happy like a green Traffic light. Contaminating like trash. Rich, radiant and rare like...