Image Credit: Lauren DeSantis A Lady walks along these grounds Where her grand house once stood. Her hand grazes The stone foundations; She walks beneath a stone archway And grasps the red barred doors. Swallows flit above her; She watches with ghostly eyes. Another turn past The redwood tree, And then past the autograph tree,…

Image Credit: Unsplash- Rosemary Media Through the cracks I see her worth, Her beauty still shows The beauty that made us Every crack reveals strength A strength even beyond comprehension. From her beginning She was created strong, Her newly woven heart sparkled Her eyes ready to see the light Her voice innocent and pure Yes,…

Image Credit: Unsplash- Dmitry Tomashek There is a restlessness in my bones, a constant hum that is never silent, I moved from the city to the sweet, calming nature of the sea, searching for something I can’t quite name. Some days I feel infinite— I am filled with possibility, like I could start over and…

Image Credit: Pexels- Noelle Otto Healing is two steps forward and one step back. Healing is not linear. Healing is not feeling fine all the time. Healing is not forgetting what happened. Healing is acknowledging. To be able to see things for what they are. To know that it will hurt from time to time.…

Image Credit: Pexels- Tim Gouw I have moved from mountains; therefore, I will move the mountains to me. They will be drawn upon my wall and remind me of home. Because I have moved from mountains, the mountains will move with me. The mountains are me. I am those mountains. I am the rising and…

Image Credit: Pexels- Rudi Don’t sleep while the sun is awake Sleeping is for plants; they work all day We, the people, have mobility, yet still we limit our abilities. The unwilling has no place in the game. It is the honest man who works all day. This was written by our contributing writer, Kerah…

Image Credit: Unsplash- Hunter Newton Space Not really a place But we’re always in a race To get to this place That’s just empty But full of everything At the same time There is no time In space No time No place It’s everything and nothing all at once Like you You were everything and…

Image Source: Pexels- MART Production Sometimes I feel like I don’t feel anything at all And like nothing anyone could do or say would change that Like I’m completely numb I want to cry, but I can’t  I want to laugh, but I can’t Like my face has been drawn on and can’t be erased…

Image Credit: Unsplash- Frankie Mish Let them play Those drums within me, Like a storm, it rages on Let my love be warm again I’ve been fighting this This feeling of truth and warmth Let it play once again. From my youth I was born to warmth, Warmth turned cold Warmth not recognized Look at…

Image Credit: Pexels- Freepik O dearest beloved! Black lapis lazuli, That glows like Guinness. Living image of Aphrodite; My beloved, my mother. If the sun is what, The moon needs to alight, The stygian night sky, Then you are all I needed, To illuminate my world. Oh my mother, Heaven blesses your hands! May all…