You black, beautiful sapphire, Glinting like a starlight. Woman of profound attributes, That is seeable even in the dark of night. Woman of great simplicities; Woman of the upland rice fields. Oh, my beloved mother, This serenade is for you! You that opened my eyes, To the wonders of the world. You that bore with…

Among the thousands I see you, The veil that once was Is nothing but ash These memories I held dear Still haunt my dreams. In your heart You held me dear, In your arms You kept me warm How can I forget The one who loves me It is but impossible. If you were here…

Out among the stars, Eve sleeps frozen in Eden. Awoken by a comet crash, her emerald world comes crumbling down. She rises from her foamy bed, shaking off a lifeless snake. Above her looms a metal sky,  around her, people dream in pods of paradise. Through the glass of Eden, beyond the galaxies of old,…

Feeling illuminated, While ruminating, Clear as a glass, Clarity is gifted to me. Once blind, I can now see, Where it all began, Bestow small blessings, Let faith and hope provide, Renew the dressings, Of old wounds. Release the wolf, Forgive the source. This was written by our contributing writer, Lyndsey Richards.

Do you see that girl by the side of the pool? The one staring sadly at her phone? The one who seems so lost, so alone? You wouldn’t know she’s on a couple’s vacation Sitting alone in this island location She’s strung out and stressed – no relaxation You wouldn’t know she’s staying in a…

Windows shatter, dispelling shards of common manners, A tasteless bite of human rights: withhold the batten and water cannon, Dissolve the hint of satisfaction. Burn the cars, grab the goods, Awash with a sea of the infamous hood. Take heed with tools of bristle and wood, Sweeping the street of debris and defeat, An era…

Fierce tigers, we lurked in the long yellow grass like the plastic toys we brought to life. Bullfrogs and crickets sang out in full bloom between bursts of fire and color in the air. Smoke entangled with Summer’s primordial scent. Dust became a friend on the trails to water laughter. Polliwogs danced between our fingers,…

And the water whispered to the stone,asking it to move.And the stone simply stared frozenand betrayed, and turned its shoulder coldto the rapid’s roar. And on it went for many months, the water babbledlouder.And the stone still refused to speakor leave.And smaller the stone became, belittledby the water. And now a tiny pebble beneaththe water’s…