by Estarlyn Hiraldo ’21 My identity — Think it’s all been a success Listen to the verses in my head when I address Failure at its best Told me I’m a mess Feel the melanin out of control inside the chess When can I confess? No longer hold this heft Claim that they’re the greatest […]
by Eliana Lopez ’22 She’s hung up on her ex Not ready to let you Into the inner workings of her heart While the traces of his intention still linger in the edge of all her scars Try not to take it personally The way she holds you Then changes her mind She just can’t […]
by William Bozian ’19 I do not decide who I am, for who I am is decided by another. Some may think I strive to harm, but some may see me as their brother. All in all, who I am comes down to my beliefs, Because beliefs often act as our own thieves. My beliefs […]
TickTok TickTok Tick I feel it running after me Its breath on my neck. —Jessica Polanco ’20 I can’t feel myself. No one hears me talk to them Is this death for me? —Connor Zimmerman ’20 I hear a shuffle And a chill goes down my back All I see are eyes —Sam […]
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 […]