elementia
ballad to the unknown
By Claire Hutchinsoni screamed into the void until my lungs collapsed,
but she barely gave me a glance when the silence relapsed.
i called out to the stars and they gave me an excuse:
“hey man i’m sorry, it’s me, it’s not you.”
red heels
By Claire Hutchinsonwhen you click your heels and wish for home, where exactly is it that you go? i packed away all my ambition in manilla envelopes of faded dreams and sent them away to coral reefs so schools of fish a generation after me could learn from my mistakes.
Aphrodite Defiled
By Farah DianputriI didn’t ask for your
insecurities
Or your hands
To venerate me.
City in the River
By Jacob ConeThe lights of the city shine brighter than any star.
a cool breeze cuts through the humid night air.
the sidewalk is cracked by too many steps in everyone’s one-thousand-mile journey.