Jamie Martin, Social Media Editor
• March 22, 2018
When I see you I melt
it’s the strongest thing I’ve ever felt
The way you make me feel
it’s so unreal
The thought of you being my first
makes my insides burst
But
I want you to...
It won’t stop raining
Rain beats against the tin roof
Sounds like it’s going to cave
It isn’t strong enough to hold
It will flood
The water keeps rising
Worry rushes over me
Soon it will...
Jamie Martin, Social Media Editor
• March 22, 2018
Why’d I let you hurt me again
You said you were gonna be there ‘til the end
Everyone tells me to leave you alone
that I’m better off when you’re gone
But I can’t let go of you
Because...
I'll tell you, guys, about a place
Where there's no evil, only good,
Where there are warm and sunny days,
And skies are luminous and blue.
I love that place, I miss that place,
But there's no...
(mostly,) when Sisyphus was
pushing the rock his hands would
sting and his bones would start
to ache and in those moments he'd be too
tired to keep going and let the rock roll
down
while...
The moon is still bright outside,
An unspeakable feeling welled up in my mind.
The stars are still shining in the sky,
But why do I feel chilly and lonely?
When I consider everything that grows,
A...
“spirit want more spirit”
in the form of spirit
because the form craves
spirit
all's the form of spirit
no need to look for spirit
look at spirit – look at cat
looking...
Every Friday night, I take the same trip home to Hernando, Mississippi. Driving through the Delta at night is always so dark. The long drive gets lonely, so I always listen to my favorite podcast, Small...
Bubbly suds cover the floors as my bristle brush scrub the dirt. The heat in the air evaporates the soapy water before I finish even a small square of the floor. My hands look like prunes from...
Tonight, I Prayed for You
Kneeling would put me in so much pain
but not in as much pain as I am now
I'm at war with an enemy, who only speaks tranquility....
dark en-caved thoughts blankly...
As days pass by,
And life goes on,
I realize: I'm all alone.
I get depressed, I feel confused,
Can't fight it now,
I'm not that strong.
As months pass by,
And life goes on,
I understand: I'm...
right now
four drafts of suicide
stuffed in pocket –
an extension
cord
wrap
around neck
not enough alcohol
to last through the chokes
and spit
I am my little brother's
birthday....