by Marisa DelFarno ’18 I was much further out than a lost star’s way. I was trotting along a route obscure. Boundless and bare. Bathe myself in strangeness, under the surge of the blue veritable ocean. Marvels of form and gravity. The moving waters, the enormous avenues, going on and on—sinkin’ deeper, deeper. Taken […]
by Connor Zimmerman ’20 Staring at the ceiling, with a common feeling. Trying to leave my bed and overcome this dread. I steel my nerves, cause I’m living on the reserves. My alarm won’t stop, I slam the button on top. Punching in, punching out, I’m living on the clock. Looking at […]
by Jay Willett ’20 Whether it’s exercise or stress, the sweat is the same, Slow, hot, sometimes worth it, sometimes not. She made me feel like I sprinted 200 laps, She watched me run and run, as fast as I could, Until the breath I was breathing wasn’t my own. Still I gasped for […]
by Erin Lucey ’20 Let regret get lost in the noise And pain be forgotten with the night. Count down to the future And be the reason it’s bright. Bring with you those who inspire, And abandon those who restrain. Let the lessons stick with you But the clock dissolve the stain. […]
by Jessia Polanco ’20 When the sun guides your life And the heat of our mother slaps your face Everything is laid at your feet And your smile spreads from cheek to cheek Who are you? When the wind sneaks into your pocket The leaves fall again They are crunchier than ever Leaving […]
by Marelle Hipolito ’21 If the world were white, you would have no jokes. You would just talk about the weather, who won last night The guy or the girl, the couple in a fight That is, if the world were white. If the world were white, you would have no jokes You […]
by Sam Pellman ’20 One day it was August and the next it was December This magical month seems to come when everyone needs it most. December is truly magical, anything can happen. It can be warm one day and snowing a white wonderland the next. It’s the month that starts out stressful, but quickly […]
by Connor Zimmerman ’20 It must be perfect, It cannot be any ordinary object. It must make her smile, laugh, and cry. It should be the apple of her eye. Browsing through the stores, The clock is ticking, and doors are closing. Sweat begins to run down my face, It feels like I’m running […]
by Marelle Hipolito ’21 red. green. green, red. what was once alive is now dead red. green. green, red. all because of something that should’ve been left unsaid him, and his little bitta whiskey me, and my now little brittle heart why’d he have to open his mouth, and tear me apart? now the chestnuts […]
by Julia Zygiel ’19 In the heat of imagination You loved me back Held me with the intention to keep me In a haze of unreality everything has significance your silence your deafening blabber the smallest sigh is despair a half smile is the ecstasy of love it encapsulated me until it was […]