By Max Gilman ’25 Tell them tales, Entwine them with snaring literary truths, Yet they slip through, They, Slip through the spiked thorns amongst them, And, Carry on, And so begins the cycle again, Yet the outcome is the same, But now, They, Are experienced in slipping through the thorns, What is it man […]
by Marelle Hipolito ’22 flight delayed, NYC heavy rains “sit tight,” the pilot said. I sit tight and look out the window It’s a cloudy night I sit tight and look at the people in the seats around me Business suit, foot tapping anxiously Khaki shorts, humming a song softly And just like me, […]
by Max Gilman ’25 Heat grew over the paint-stroked sky, He looked up, his gaze meeting light blue heavens, His leg could be heard dragging from miles away, Hours passed as he made his way, slowly, through the sea of ruptured stone, How many of these stones must have been broken down to create […]
by Anna Pomeroy ’23 I never liked hearing the truth. It always scared me because I would fear the worst As the words slipped out of their mouths With no point of return. At age four, it was a struggle For my parents to tell me they were getting a divorce. Sitting me […]
by Mariela Flores ’23 Content Warning: this piece contains content that could be triggering regarding eating disorders and body image. She called me llenita. Those words poked at my round belly, her eyes threw daggers into the soft flesh of my cheeks, her hands pinched my sides, as if she were trying to rip off […]
by Grace O’Connor ’22 Being patient makes her head spin and her nausea take over. Being patient makes her feel like she is locked in a small space, With the walls closing in on her, darkness preparing to give her a suffocating hug. Being patient leaves marks on her skin of irritation and […]
by Toni Rendon ’24 Why can’t life be more like The Sims Where no matter what day it is, we can always win Strangers come over to celebrate your birthday And people can empathize with you on your worst days Let’s build our home from the ground up A place where happiness can […]
by AJ Worsley ’22 happier when i’m away, i do my best to keep a distance. all i hope for is that while i’m away you forget my existence. if that were to happen, i’d have no reason to return, you don’t know what you have until it’s gone, a lesson you’ve yet […]
by Grace O’Connor ’22 She slowly heals as time pulls her forward. She holds tight onto the past like an old stuffed animal, As she is afraid of what the future will hold. The future is a sky stuffed with millions of stars. She is mesmerized by the stars that look down at her. She […]
by Taylor Rogers ’24 Green ribbons greedily grow, Spilling out of their small pots Like humans, they reach for the stars, Traveling higher and higher Diligently, I water these tiny ribbons, Watching keenly as they grow They steal from the soil below them, Clinging onto miniscule buds of water As they grow, they […]