by Sam Ward ’21 It’s okay. You can look away. Still fixated at the heap of feathers and blood at our feet: I’ve seen dozens of dead birds and have had perfectly splendid days. Perfectly. Splendid. Perhaps if I knew our correspondence would be, Stockholm / Lima, I would have chosen my words more carefully, […]
by Sam Ward ’21 One of these days I’ll challenge myself and put together the words that spell out b-e-a-u-t-y I’ll pen the pursuit and capture the prize I’ll thank my girl for kissing my scars I’ll have no need for desire One of these days I won’t romanticize the end of times being the best […]
by Marelle Hipolito ’21 Staring out this window Watching the world pass by I can’t help but wonder If you’ll be fine I’ve done this before I’ve known this hurt Everyone walks in then out of my sight But with you I’m not sure People staring into this window I have never known privacy A […]
by Jessica Polanco ’20 I am now destined to feed strangers. Those who once knew me Lost every trace of trust; That has been lost in the dark skies Under which I begged for all of this to become my reality. To one day wake up in black, silk satin sheets— And today, they cover […]
by Gabriela Baron ’20 If I could have anything, I would choose a mason jar. Not one filled with caramel candies or crumbled pocket money, but one holding light. Light that radiates: the rush of riding a perfect wave and the vivid memory a song brings. A worn out, well-loved book and a puppy’s slobbery […]
by Sam Pellman ’20 Faces are passing People are moving I do not recognize these faces I may never see them again But for just a second they were in my head And now they are gone Everywhere we go, we see strangers Sometimes we run into them again Sometimes we make friends of them […]
by Sam Ward ’21 each sentiment rises and falls as if the moon inspires but these are brain waves living, breathing, decaying eternal in space, ethereal in time a reprieve from continuity complacent thoughts comatose it’s perfection or insanity and these thoughts will drive you mad so spill black and blue blood spelling out spirit […]
by Erin Venuti ’20 With September brings the last goodbyes of summer, The last marshmallow toasted, Farewell photos posted Of what you’ll leave behind. With September brings the first greetings of autumn, New tales to tell And new stories to live. Novel characters featured in contemporary classics. With September brings the pressure, The preoccupation, And […]
by Marelle Hipolito ’21 I hate being sensitive to normal things because of abnormal situations And I hate looking deeper into what’s meant to be surface-level interpretations Jokes and side notes, thinking every mirror has smoke Every double take and I go a little bit more insane I hate that my friends don’t hear me […]
by Jessica Polanco ’20 Sweet, was the Sunday I remembered Like a feather, I laid On the indulgences of quietness And joy A black bird approached my presence Told me I’d never forget this day Because it was the day you passed away Everything related to all I knew Everything related to me gone and […]