as soon as upon a time
Yasmine Benabderrahmane
curled towards the blaze of a uninteresting fireplace,
streaks of sunshine, shadows dance towards her pores and skin.
gathered palms for a warmth to encourage,
and but the chilly and heat right here act akin.
night time, she prayed for a chest with hinges,
a physique with doorways stuffed with coal to blaze.
night, she prayed for a hand that pinches,
that awakes her from the reality of her days.
she craved the kiss of the solar on her lids,
craved the cussed odor of salt in her hair.
as an alternative, she was met with the frost of wind,
with the chilly that bit her cheeks and nostril naked.
so, she curled by fireplace and closed her eyes,
wished of a previous of poetry and rhyme,
of her mom comfortable and stars within the skies,
wildly wishing for a as soon as upon a time.
House
Hannah Grace Wang
Why are we right here, mommy?
What’s going on?
I miss dwelling.
I miss the
crackling of the heater. The
house to run free.
Why are we right here, mommy?
The place is dwelling?
This place smells humorous. This place
doesn’t really feel the identical.
This place is
overseas.
I miss dwelling.
Sea Moss Bites
Kuicmar Phot
Toes crash by way of the moss of midnight wilds till wept in grains of sand
Hole eyes stare into the blooming night time like sun-seekers in a perpetual chasm
However the solar hides in trepidation, and dread swaddles my ideas
The tide whispers my title, and I tumble into its arms
I dance into the ocean adorning a rotten coronary heart and rotten enamel
Garments waltz with corals, and fish serenade limbs like canopies
Streams circulate like molasses, conquering canyons of oxygen
The lighthouse beacon quivers by way of the eyelids of the tide
My fingers waver towards the algae as my physique sways down into the reefs
And I soften into sea foam like sinking ships within the cavity of a storm
My heartbeat grows silent like November’s foliage of anemones
Cradled in stones, I slumber on the backside of the ocean,
Collector of sorrows,
The place solace greets nadir,
And sea moss bites
