elementia
Balcony Wishes
By Lauren BloodThe sky was an abyss of gloom,
As the trees billowed in the breath of the wind.
The stars sang secrets to the moon,
Above a castle holding lovers within.
An age-old monarch was outraged by his daughter’s betrayal,
Signs of Life
By Julia WakefieldThe form of letters slop and curve on a page
like a human body.
White paper, bare skin,
The line of a belt below a belly button:
the line of a notebook just below a sentence.
It Starts With Me
By Hannah GreerThe insistent decision that
The world is beyond repair because
No longer will
Human nature fix these things.
Negativity and pessimism
Invade the land of
Enthusiasm and assurance.
The problems remain
Because