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 […]
by Sam Pellman ’20 I’ve gotten lost multiple times in my life on multiple occasions. I’ve gotten lost in the mall, roaming store after store until I don’t remember where I started. I’ve lost my mom in the grocery store. I’ve lost my car in the parking lot and spent 20 minutes trying to […]
by Marelle Hipolito ’21 pebbles: are in the ocean. they stay in the background. give all their life to the surrounding ocean, and there is nothing; nothing left for them to uphold. everything to love about them: gone. Unless, of course, they are for the ocean. They are beautiful when wet, with the ocean […]
by Jonathan Coppe ’18 Among the dusty shelves I see it nestled —O wicked, foolish kin to leave it so!— O, what dreams lie herein? What foreign lands of sunset-colored love and joyful tears? So off the shelf it comes and to a desk. With greedy hands the cover comes undone. And here I see […]
by Kiley McMahon ’20 La vida es corta, La vie est courte, La vita é breve, Life is short. Soy de España, Je viens de la France, Vengo dall’Italia, I am from the United States. I make millions of dollars, While I find my next meal wherever I sleep. I used […]
by Marelle Hipolito ’21 i ate some fried chicken yesterday it tasted good to eat my worries away i saw my friend in the hallway but i hit a locker and it took my breath away i went to stats we had a happy frappy made me realize that my life was so crappy […]
by Erin Lucey ’20 I never knew I was afraid But when the lights dimmed, the darkness stayed. Did it happen all at once? Or was I simply unaware Until I suddenly awoke and could find nothing there. I remember the light, And the colors that screamed with fearless delight. But the memories […]