Iya Ledesma 10/29/23 Iya Ledesma 10/29/23

Verging Desperation

I would rather bury a sphere into my heart, as I gaze over the velvety red liquid let the blood crimsoned silk stain itself the symbol of my verging desperation.

Sneha Pal 10/29/23 Sneha Pal 10/29/23

Memories

I hope they would not ruin me I hope and I hope and I hope

Ekta Saaj 10/29/23 Ekta Saaj 10/29/23

To Pay Your Respects at Your Headstone

Death has exiled you.

Isabelle Tan 10/29/23 Isabelle Tan 10/29/23

Transfiguration

The fluid nature of women, how they are limited to being perceived only through a superficial lens. In reality, women can be powerful, magical and even horrifyingly beautiful.

G'Anna J 10/17/23 G'Anna J 10/17/23

WHAT IT MEANS TO BE “GREAT”

But greatness dwells not solely in grand acclaim, nor beautifully polished trophies, being proudly displayed.

Ashlynn Calka 10/17/23 Ashlynn Calka 10/17/23

Tire Swing

Sometimes, when I’m tired of now, I go back to eleven years old. It’s summer, and I’m swinging on a tire swing.

Ashlynn Calka 10/17/23 Ashlynn Calka 10/17/23

Zombie

how did your delicate soul ever fall for this decaying corpse?

Maya Ancion 10/17/23 Maya Ancion 10/17/23

Sweat Pearls Spell Peril

Feeling shattered by self-loathing.

Alyssa Bless Tagle 10/17/23 Alyssa Bless Tagle 10/17/23

Heartstrings

My guitar’s metal strings, your sonorous touch; both a pain laced with pleasure that I have only grown to crave.

Y. Beija Malek 10/7/23 Y. Beija Malek 10/7/23

The Knock on the Door

It’s hard to answer the door, having to deal with company in a house built for one.

Riley Lantin 10/7/23 Riley Lantin 10/7/23

Graduation

I want to stay in Fall, when I was 11, when I was in my mother's arms.

Ofelia Nessuno 10/3/23 Ofelia Nessuno 10/3/23

Rot

My art can no longer sustain me, I can’t pick up a brush and draw, I can’t find the words to articulate a chore carried for lifetimes. Is this what it means to die for the first time?