trauma

Writing

Hope

By Barbara Matijevic
issue 20

All is good, good is all
All is good, good is all

Is it?
Yes, it is
At least . . .
I need want to believe it is
It’s my hope,
For my sanity

All is good, good is all
All is good, good is all

cycles
trauma
mental health
lies

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Blank Pages

By Supriya Bolla
issue 19

I wish I had trauma that I could spin into a story, 

a story that would grip your thoughts tighter than leather binding, 

Something I could rip to shreds, over-analyze in the margins, 

Past
family
trauma

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