Ask me about my depression. Ask me why I look so tired all the time. Ask me why my smile doesn’t reach my eyes. And …
Bite-Sized by Kayla King
Ask me again how I know about love & wings & other things no person should ever know. Find the words & spill them, dice …
When asked to describe ‘home’ by Indya Shaw
Home is not a place for me. It does not have a street address, or a PO box. Home sometimes skips town without warning but …
Falling by Kiernan Norman
The past few weeks have been mounted in hot pink and mahogany. Hot breath, sticky and drooling, fogs up the glass and I resist the …
Insomnia & My Mother by Meggie Royer
Yeah I’ve got a backbone that can’t decide between being its namesake and being a wishbone. My whole life I’ve been pulling the shorter end, …
Chocoholic by Stephanie Wooten Koreneff
Yes, I’m aware that I’m old enough to know how to share, but no, I can’t share my chocolate cake, not even with you, my …
Blue Gumdrops by Phoebe Lyons
And I’ve got ink stains on my sheets All of the blue I’ve spilled Over you And just as the moon wraps its way Around …
To the Boy with Bruised Knuckles Who Tried to Take My Wings by Nicole Deardorff
To the boy with bruised knuckles who tried to take my wings: In the future, I hope you stick to punching brick walls instead of …
Reassurance to Shirley after Graduation by Shirley Lu
after DeMulder “After graduation, you will change a hundred times over, like a revolving door, a waterfall.” You will get younger before you get …