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Lilith, by Elle Mae
You would do anything for me, sure You never loved me the way I loved you You only love me when I'm gone He only loves me when I'm here...
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Mar 26, 20211 min read
Linear Time, Anon
A thousand years ago I stood on the passenger seat of your car, head through the skylight, arms high up in the darkness, hands waving at...
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Mar 26, 20211 min read
My Wish, by Sariah Starr
I wish I could understand it. I wish I could explain it. When he’s here the grief is overwhelming. The grief that it’s not her. The grief...
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Aug 13, 20202 min read
Subtle, Shifting Symmetry, by Merida
Her smile mirrors my emotion when I share my moments of joy that are mile markers in my struggle. She travels with me in and out of the...
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Aug 13, 20202 min read
My Crown of Glory, by Melissa King
I was born with my crown of glory A beautiful curly, kinky, queer mass of blackish-brown I was born with my crown of glory Its bounce,...
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Dec 4, 20191 min read
Skipping Stone, by Sariah Starr
Instead of tears the words come spilling out of me, and I’ve grown weary from trying to divert the flow of them. I’ve grown weary from...
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Oct 24, 20191 min read
Don't Ask Me Not To Love Her, by Alyssa
Ask me to change I don't see why not Thrifty? No Dedicated? No Level headed? I could go on but what would that do Ask me to change any...
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Oct 17, 20191 min read
The Activist, by Moira Rose
How do you know how to cure the woman’s limp if you’ve always walked with two evenly healthy legs? Don’t you know she’s prayed for two...
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Sep 17, 20191 min read
The Tropics, by Alma Linda Martinez
In the evening when the boys have gone to be with you my fingers trace the edges of book bindings. I trace them like old memories of when...
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Sep 16, 20191 min read
Sign of the Covenant, by Elle Mae
We have covenanted--not to break--many things. To never be wicked Wickedness never was happiness. To bury our weapons of war Let the soil...
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Sep 3, 20192 min read
Love's Call, by Gabriela Amada
If you call on love, but it doesn’t answer don’t assume it is indifferent, or yourself unworthy. Not if you call with the most wounded...
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Aug 29, 20192 min read
Neurological Sudoku, by Sariah Starr
I left her office after being shaken like an etch-a-sketch. The emotion coming just to the surface in my chest, my gut, my breath. When...
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Aug 28, 20192 min read
Satisfaction, by Moira Rose
There is a certain satisfaction that comes from holding space for yourself. Setting out two cups while you wait for the tea kettle to...
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Aug 23, 20192 min read
Still my Husband, by Sariah Star
My husband is still my husband even though my body has nothing left to give him when we are stripped of all mortal attachments. When we...
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Aug 22, 20191 min read
How it Ends, by Zhen
You were not one to see details in faces, until hers – flecks of gold in her eyes, age-worn parentheses framing pink lips, undulating...
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Aug 21, 20191 min read
Try not to think about it, by Anonymous
The first time you see her, your heart stops for a second. Try not to think about it too much. The more she lets you in, the more at home...
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Aug 15, 20191 min read
The List of Undone Things, by Anonymous
Clean the kitchen; secure iron pipes under the sink Bedside table: finish tile mosaic, reread dead teacher's letter; clean spilled ink...
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Aug 14, 20191 min read
Self Medication, by Sariah Starr
The words have become comfort I’ve learned to inject into myself when my mind won’t stop reminding me that I’ve been broken. Broken...
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Aug 13, 20191 min read
Cure for Regret, by Gabriela Amada
He’s slowly curing me of the regret I’ve been swimming in. The regret of breaking a heart so determined to love me. A day at the beach,...
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Aug 13, 20191 min read
by Anonymous
They preach about love They preach against hate I say “I know love” But it’s my love they hate How can I feel So loved from on high When...
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