By: Elizabeth Hammer
My world had been encapsulated by the fragments. My broken bones were scattered all around me. I felt a dull and persistent sting in my chest.
I was left hoping to find the Read more
My heart lost its way and my chest burned to ashes, while I sat in disbelief.I don’t know how I managed that long.With so much pain resided in me.Could you hear my insides ripping up?
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There was a space in between,
A particular void,
A certain ache in the heart that felt like a blank page waiting to be filled with words,
Can you feel that?
It’s called the space in Read more
There are no rules,but there is cause and effect.
When I was littler,I thought that when I grew upand metamorphosized into an adultI would be a butterfly.
You know, one of thoseplayed-out metaphors.
What I’m saying isI thought I Read more
Haiku by Sandra S. Hall
Our wandering orbis in perilous danger.Wild things go extinct.
To save our planethow do we change bad habits?We have things to fix.
What acts bother us?We must all work togetherfixing our habits.
So where Read more
by Will Alejandro Rountree
Decisions past
Decisions meant
All in days which we lament
Some people may prefer
To accept life as a chore
But no, not her, not anymore
All I ask is for one last decree
To Read more
By Ethan Berry
The promise of a sunriseis wasted on the shallow promisesof nights before.What we’ve been through hardly ever hurts as badly as what we put ourselves through.We don’t have to spark upat the break of dawn.We don’t Read more
By Elizabeth Hammer
oh this time it destroyed me, my dear.
my heart has been lit on fire since you left
out of fear.
i can not say this enough,
how much i would have loved
you and all Read more
By Ethan S. Berry
Computer is on 1% now.
So I will see how much I can type
before the battery dies on this
lifeline of mine to other
people, other things,
the past, present, future,
the world, everything.
365 Days of hot baths every morning and a weekly shower
That is a Year of waking up too tired to stand.
365 Days of four cups of coffee every morning
and two in the Read more
Once I knew everything and thought myself more capable than others of understanding
the things that I did not but then I awoke from my solipsistic slumber.
I spent many years blinded by sleepy sands, Read more
I have ridden this elevator before.
How many times? —I don’t know but the trips are too frequent.—
Always alone. I’m fine with riding alone. I don’t want to ride with anyone else.
Brain zapped / Deadline nearing / Buzzer counting down / I’m on the other end of the court Now somewhere in the middle / Dribbling / Mouth is dry / I need water / I want Read more