elementia

Different

By Sophie Slusher
issue 11

Talking with others

feeling so very different

never quite the same



Jokes at my expense

The others laughing so hard

Try and fail to smile

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Crown of Daisies

By Lauren Hassan
issue 11

I am but a girl with scars,

Not those that are seen,

The kind buried beneath it all,

I am but a girl with a dream,

Like any other you will see,

I am unique,

But still like any other,

I’ve been thrown,

And hit,

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Faded

By Catherine Strayhall
issue 11
best of elementia 1-15

She is faded.

Worn out,

Worn down.

Time stole her crown.

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Reading

By Amanda Akridge
issue 11

I could spend an eternity upstairs reading.

Under the covers reading, hiding like a bear for winter.

Skimming the pages all day.

In the world of Anne.

Flip, Flip, Flip, Go the pages.

Her always saying Anne spelled with an “e”.

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