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    Tag: loss

    Silent Forest – by Rachael Ikins

    Prelude: I’ve had the rending grief, chopped-off hair, bloody scratches. Nausea, insomnia. Yes. I have visited that forest. This one is silent. 1. Grief is a young… Read more “Silent Forest – by Rachael Ikins”

    July 16, 2019 by TheFeatheredSleep

    A soft closing of words – Candice Louisa Daquin

      When you are younger, everything is a challenge I will not let them break me / I will fight back / I will survive! as you… Read more “A soft closing of words – Candice Louisa Daquin”

    February 19, 2019February 19, 2019 by TheFeatheredSleep

    Preyed

      Whispers penetrate flesh walls, secrets resound like a melody within the temple of mind. A church choir of boys sing Latin, a tongue they never understood,… Read more “Preyed”

    October 25, 2018October 29, 2018 by Sabrina Escorcio

    Trajectory – Candice Louisa Daquin

    Time only haunts you once hardened in amber the fly immortal a draft to whisk away sorrow, in our lives we sleep on our hope for to… Read more “Trajectory – Candice Louisa Daquin”

    September 25, 2018 by TheFeatheredSleep

    Lunacy – Aurora Phoenix

    your skin should be alabaster encapsulating the moon’s shimmering aloof luminescence as it does.   in your absence musty tatters of scorched indigo shroud forlorn luna.  … Read more “Lunacy – Aurora Phoenix”

    June 14, 2018June 14, 2018 by Aurora Phoenix

    Too Many To Count – Kristiana Reed

      3 weeks – she nestles deep into her mother, into her past and future.   5 weeks – she swims tail fluttering in the amniotic wind.… Read more “Too Many To Count – Kristiana Reed”

    May 2, 2018May 2, 2018 by Kristiana

    letters for a certain nobody. #2- Ra’ahe Khayat

    i miss the way your heart used to fuck mine in the middle of a crowd, as everyone looked over at us, without ever seeing how fast… Read more “letters for a certain nobody. #2- Ra’ahe Khayat”

    February 26, 2018December 29, 2017 by braveandrecklessblog

    Offshoots- Kristen Wood

    My 9-year old daughter is shaking, unable to sleep. Panic overtakes her. I clasp her hands and remind her to focus on what’s real, repeating breathe breathe… Read more “Offshoots- Kristen Wood”

    February 20, 2018February 20, 2018 by braveandrecklessblog

    for the things i never ask.- Ra’ahe Khayat

    i would’ve rather asked you how many names you’ve scribbled on the back of your hands with needles, and how many of them you’ve stricken out when… Read more “for the things i never ask.- Ra’ahe Khayat”

    February 19, 2018December 29, 2017 by braveandrecklessblog

    the things that find sound in the quiet.- Ra’ahe Khayat

    we are used to finding closure in the way the years come closer to us, on those drugged out nights when all i can ever truly miss… Read more “the things that find sound in the quiet.- Ra’ahe Khayat”

    February 5, 2018December 29, 2017 by braveandrecklessblog

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