by Marelle Hipolito ’22 i hate the way the rush came all at once and you felt like air when i couldn’t breathe i hate the way i feel so loved when you look at me i hate the way you make all my worries and anxieties go away i hate that i’ve revolved around […]
by Kate Ward ’23 You can tell a lot by the way people hold hands A loose grip, white knuckled, palms touching Life line Heart line Head line The line of fates running along a pair of palms connecting two people Yet everyone finds their differences and intimacies in something so simple as hand-holding A […]
by Ellie Forster ’24 I haven’t had a scrape in a bit Haven’t fallen to the pavement and torn my knee Or slid my elbow across the driveway I haven’t had a scrape in some time Felt the burn of the sun on a cut Or the sting of it being cleaned I haven’t had […]
by Taylor Rogers ’24 Shadows and I become one as the night falls, The sunset smiling down at me, waving one last goodbye. Spring’s simplistic desires draw me in, And I choose to abandon my curfew, deciding to just live. As we dance, the stars begin to appear, Wishing to join our game of hide […]
by Sarah Heavren ’21 They haunt the present, The ghosts of the past A reminder of Things not meant to last. Sometimes they are good Sometimes they are bad Preserve the happy And preserve the sad. The past has shaped us For better or worse It has determined Much of our life’s course. We can […]
by Marelle Hipolito ’22 The flashbacks come back in a blur All the good times, and the ones that hurt Every phone call and basketball game Each smile and each touch of pain But when the rain starts to pour down hard I wash myself clean from all the scars And move on to the […]
By Grace O’Connor She pounds her fists against the glass desperately, As the clarity in front of her becomes increasingly distorted. She forces herself to scream, but no one can hear her, The water starts to fill up her lungs and drown out her voice. The water eliminates all sound around her, As the vibration […]
by Colleen Joyce ’22 My testimony discloses the truth— I rejected each of his proposals. In fact, I am certain the only words from my lips, directed towards Apollo, were dismissals—despite what has been told. Let me state that I did not want his eye. My desires were trivial to him. Eros may claim mockery […]
by Anna Pomeroy ’23 I understand why old people are so content with death. Our bones don’t grow brittle from their long-lasting bends–– But their existence becomes the unstable foundation for the external skin that takes the beating of life. It’s hard, life. I mean, we’re meant to make it–– Strong enough. But there comes […]
by Ryan’s Room Best Gal ’23 I drive back and forth from school to home, the commuter life is not one I would’ve chosen. But a room, a magical room, brings me back, opens its arms wide open. Sometimes I have to be the bearer of bad news, and […]