Behind closed doors I am a different animal I eat my food protectively and with great bites I play dress-up and pretend I am a typical… Read more “Neither you and neither me – Candice Daquin”
Tag: identity
Liar- K. Barratt
At night, she pretended she was one of them. She Did her oms and chants, anchored her feet behind Her ears, shared the organic rice with pure,… Read more “Liar- K. Barratt”
Summer is Over-Stacey’s Mum- K. Barratt
When Summer was at its heights, And my life was still mine, I had a name, I had a voice, I was A girl with a plan.… Read more “Summer is Over-Stacey’s Mum- K. Barratt”
Lotus- Aakriti Kuntal
Upwards, these lips, boat-like inundating rivers within their pondering girth Upwards, this skin, cellophane treasures collecting color from the sky’s subservience Upwards, hand, mouth, body Organs shattering… Read more “Lotus- Aakriti Kuntal”
Expanse- Aakriti Kuntal
Sky devolves, loose cloth, parchment of coarse light shifting through time The skinny arm of peacock trees, goes round and round collapsing like a skeleton over rescued… Read more “Expanse- Aakriti Kuntal”
Torn- Austin M. Ely
I am torn So very torn Between the seams of fate It seems too late For me to suture the wounds I sustained As I sip this… Read more “Torn- Austin M. Ely”
