I am by Rachel Waring

I am broken bones and scraped knuckles ……..bruised knees and black eyes ……..cut up arms and twisted ankles ……..tear-stained cheeks and shaking hands ……..screaming lungs and pounding heart ……..constantly healing but continually fighting Looking in the mirror I watch bruises fade and swirl On a face I barely recognize I tell myself Keep fighting, keep […]

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Illinois by Marlee John

I was friends with her for a time. Everyone thought of her as “that girl” But there was more than that ─ More than what it may have seemed like on the surface. How could they not see? How could they not? She was kind; she was poetic; she was lovely. But she looked loose, Like […]

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Blindside by Alyssa Dietrich

…………Lights flashed, and it was …………a dark and coiled path. Then in …………a single throb, that moment …………she crossed and she realized …………the impact of her blink meant he was gone. …………All broken.           Alyssa Dietrich is a Creative Writing Major at Salisbury University with work appearing previously in Scarab Magazine. […]

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