White
“White is a color that shines like the moon.
White is a color that breaks through the gloom.”
Monthly Archives: September 2016
The tree I used to dream under was cut down to make room for the extension
“There was a jar
filled with Ring Pops
that she would always
pull out for me.”
She likes to volunteer at every museum and park and organization in the city
“The stream
looped around
the yard near the fence,
and I begged her to
put a bridge in so
I could cross it.”
Snow
“Crystal, white, sugar-light,
how beautiful is the snow?”
Isolated From Home
“Adam took a step forward and tripped on a rock. He picked up the rock and threw it forward. It landed on a bumpy spot on the land and Adam heard beeping. Instinctively, he dove into the crater. Soon after the beeping was the sound of a deafening explosion.”
Felix
“Drinking, dancing, and laughing — until I woke up the next morning on a stranger’s tan, smoky couch. And Graham was gone. I scoured the whole house looking for him, the backyard, the attic, everything. My emotions ran from confused, to annoyed, to worried, to panicked, to… gone.”
Cracks
“It starts small
a thin line
maybe
maybe”
Cross-Country Menace
“Jessica and I were talking and laughing on our way home from school when I decided to tell her my news.
‘Hey, have you heard about the cross-country team tryouts? This is my only chance to prove to Coach that I’m capable of running.'”
Bloody Sunday
“His fingers wrap /
around her neck. /
This necklace is /
the present no one /
asked for.”