Opening the windows on a warm dayAnd watching the curtains flutterWith each breath of fresh airAs your house slowly revives Listening to the early-morning ...

Suddenly, I look up from my bed, and there it is– its silver light slipping through the blinds, shining into the darkness to instill ...

“Mouth, do what you can” * to express these complexities that swirl in currents too torrid to swim too thick too heavy to drink. ...

The fatigue of habituation plagues my heart. I’m cursed to see the same faces on every block and then go home to dream of ...

When life’s burdens were more than I could handle and my heart, a mangled organ with embedded blades, overwhelmed my mind and shattered my ...

I can hear the knocking,and the place is rocking,but my cell needs unlocking.  Between the sun and moonis there a spare roomfor me and ...

The sun is out more often these days with the promise of warmer weather. Rain and thunderstorms become the norm. Mountain fields abound with ...

Staring out the window,I see the clouds in all their glory.I see the sky show off her blue hue,And hear the song the wind ...

Who is this man strolling forward inmy direction, witheyes full of lightand spirited determination?  Why should he bother? I am a wretched sinner with scars proving my shame.  I’ve seen ...

Content warning: This piece mentions topics of sexual harassment. Please read with discretion I was the eleven-year-old girl who ran to the back of the library, clutching a book, drawn into ...