Xanadu
 

Leila Perry Her words were joyous, but her smile was that of a teary-faced clown. The first thing you see is the painted, bright...

It’s something I can remember since I was four. Actually, probably since I was born. Whenever it started, it’s been with me for a long...

To the you, that girl who used to seek his approval. To the you, the one who needed everyone to accept you because you could not accept...

You scarred me. Left me with a wound so deep like a child in a coffin. Closed but always open.

My eraser dust danced on the desk to the music of the delicate lyrics they’d just extinguished. I see them smile and bounce around. It’s...

You are many things like fireworks exploding in my body punching bones and organs one by one. You can be a vine stretching farther ...

The lines move swiftly in the street. Dancing together in the middle of the highway. Staying by each other's side and yet never touching....

I am the sweet drink you enjoy in the summer, the sour fruit you hate, and the pie you never ask for. I am the river that crosses China,...

You scarred me. Left me with a wound so deep like a child in a coffin. Closed, but always open.

She nurtured me with her body, a way no one else was designed for. She carried me, caressed me when I did not ask her to. When I was...