What do you do When someone needs you What’s the plan With the coronavirus at hand What to do, But be there when they need you. “While your parents are away. I need to be here to make sure you’re okay. I understand you You think like I do. It can be scary, You have… Read on
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Oh my god, it couldn’t be, This sight I see in front of me, So limitless, filled with possibilities. A war zone, lined with casualties. But my sight was true, And I breathed anew, Seeing a tiny stalk spring through, The single kernel, its yellow hue. To be clear, let me set the scene. Amid… Read on
VOX ATL writer Maya shares a new poem, "Feathers." Read on
managing my cold sweats and nightmares is quite a task By quite a task I mean extremely difficult, seemingly impossible, and nonetheless necessary so I split myself in two for help just to manage. I sit in my own lap, rocking in a chair a rocking chair. We sleep on a mattress on the floor… Read on
This is a disappearing act. It is strange how phone calls sound like alarms How alarms ring of tornado warnings How tornado warnings mirror evacuation sirens. I am often victim to surround sound. Resounds like high-frequency tinnitus It penetrates Rattles my bones. Pans and echoes until my palms are molded to my ears. What do… Read on
I feel like that box cutter has legs It moved from pocket to nightstand yesterday I’ll take it back to work tomorrow Yesterday my chest felt like anchors And there was nothing to drown me in I told a girl I loved her and the sky turned black Started falling. Turned into fog and crept… Read on