elementia

The calm before the storm

By JDC Resident
issue 3

In the calm before the storm all is concealed

There is serenity and peace of mind before the storm is revealed

The clandestine activity crude as it laughs in your face

The Gnostic gimmick of peace before the mask breaks

Peace
despair

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Why

By JDC Resident
issue 3



Why do I want to do my own thing?

Why do I always want to be in trouble?

Why don’t I stay home...in one place?

Why do I always run away?

Why do I lie to AJ?

Why can’t I just tell the truth?

Why can’t I tell him I love him?

Questioning

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Untitled

By JDC Resident
issue 3

I wonder...

I sit in my cell and

wonder

where will I be when

this is all over?

will there be something

waiting for me on the

other side of the door?

Will the world have

changed?

freedom
identity

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Quotable

By Julia Marquez
issue 3

In real life things don’t have outlines.

Life
control

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