“The Sermon” by Gretchen Vickers The daisies at my toesGuide me along the wind’s flow. I planted the seed to prosperity. The unadulterated dew comforts the clarity. For every rigid…… Read more “Purgatory”

There’s a million ways to say goodbye But we refused to think of one  Your hands were soft as rose petals And the beauty would never wilt away  You…… Read more “Goodbye”

“Blue View” by Jocelyn Castellanos No, not my parents. The ones I look down upon. The crackheads doing the jitterbug next to the EZ check. Their happiness…… Read more “I hope I do not become like them.”

Drowned in the depths of my mindStolen corals and magical creaturesOceanic reefs dancing in the moonlight’s shineUnexplored relics and ancient features. The eternal pulse of the seaEngages…… Read more “Tides Within”

I carve a hole in the shape of you.I erase your gold veneer. I swing an axe at the pedestalWhere you once stood proudly. You are not…… Read more “Diamond to Dust”

i have become soft under my own fingers,a clay in which i mold myself a vase — place there flowersto enjoy, cut at the root to bloom…… Read more “chrysalis”

“Your Impression” by Anna Esparza To live in the past is to dwell. To be bitter of the things that never went well. Seasons changed, and things…… Read more “When the Heroine Dies”

My skin melts into my sheetsand my depression swallows me whole,I tell time by the dishesstacked up in my sinkas the world keeps turning cold.Boredom is the…… Read more “Because Time has Paused”

The ambient noise of life feels much more lonely than pure silence. It reminds you of others’existence when you are stuck in solitude. The roar of the…… Read more “Silent Thoughts”

Imbue by Jordan Kirkpatrick beat back. they say there’s only every tinsel in neverland. green kitchen in the city, it glows year-round within me. candlestick of a…… Read more “merry everything”