Winter 2022
Sitting in a forest of pines Music barely heard, except the beating of a tambourine Completely alone letting the relaxation seep in through the cracks The clouds pass and go overhead Is it a dream or is this real Does it matter – The clouds begin to clump Churning into one massive gray being Like […]
There I was, standing pitifully in front of the wreckage of the world. An unremarkable grain among the ruins of the fallen metropolises. A blur along the horizon, polluted by the soot and rot of the city I had once roamed. And there you were, the most beautiful thing left in this destroyed world. […]
Bryce hates hiking. His legs hurt from going uphill, and he is terrified of heights. He would do anything to get out of climbing a mountain, which is why he sat staring at a wall of pamphlets in a gas station, trying to find a way out of climbing his first 4,000 footer with his […]
She feels their fingers intertwine. Inside she feels as though she is walking down the stairs on Christmas morning. Like she is at the top of a roller coaster right before you go straight down. With her all-telling grin, she looks up at him to see him as calm as ever. He reaches for her […]
Little boy Billy was sent far away To a country of Germans and bombs and dismay. He lived in a haze as he traveled through time And he thought about death as I think about rhyme. A rhyme is in passing, a glanced over sound. Death is a moment, only once found. Why should you […]
“Daddy, wait,” I pleaded, pulling the delicate string on my nightstand lamp to counter the darkness in the room. “What about a bedtime story?” He stood in the doorway, his hand still on the doorknob. The warm glow of the lamp illuminated his face in such a way that he appeared more tired than I […]
