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Rhythm & Bones

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PASSED NOTES & POEMS: It Could Be Different

PASSED NOTES & POEMS: It Could Be Different

PASSED NOTES & POEMS: It Could Be Different Kristin Garth The Poem: It Could Be Different He says it could be different. We could be friends; don’t have to barter, love for skin. He’ll prove the existence of benevolent men, desire, rejection, frustration removed. You won’t believe him. It sounds like a line. It will take a year of his time before it feels unconditional, genuine, love daydreamed, 12-year old mind. Mentor who celebrates each of your wins, breathless retell

pupil

pupil

By Death, She Lives a monthly feature by Jenna Vélez pupil The devil taught me How to add and subtract Chanting numbers in my head While the children of the night Bleached my skin with their songs The devil showed me how to spell While his spawn cut off my braids Like run-on sentences The legion laughed and burned Heaven’s accent off my tongue I speak in tritones and bad omens My pen has only known blood The devil pimped me out To his greediest angels Taking turns in the blac

Anxious When Alone

Anxious When Alone

Joined Journeys a monthly feature by Maddie M. White Anxious When Alone Anonymous What mental illness do you suffer from? Depression, anxiety When was the first time you noticed it and how? It was a couple of months after it happened and I was approached by a gentleman that said something similar to what my attacker had said and it triggered all the emotions and feelings. It was like having a flashback, like I was standing there seeing it all over again. How does it affect yo

The End of Summer: Inside of a Dog

The End of Summer: Inside of a Dog

Inside of a Dog a monthly feature by Kate Dowling The End of Summer In my twenties I used to have an irrational fear about the passing of time. I used to think that the days would go so quickly that I’d wake up tomorrow and I’d be 60 years old. Whilst waking up and being 60 will happen one day with any luck, I appreciate it hasn’t happened yet. Time does disappear, but hasn’t quite gone with a snap of the fingers like I feared it would. And yet time does indeed pass. Ther

Fear of Abandonment

Fear of Abandonment

Joined Journeys a monthly feature by Maddie M. White 'Fear of Abandonment' Carey Shook Twitter: @careyshook What mental illness do you suffer from? Binge-eating disorder, borderline personality disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, depression. (I also have ADHD, but some do not consider it a mental illness. My psychiatrist is the one who diagnosed me with and treats me for ADHD, and the medicine I take for it helps all of my symptoms immensely, so I do consider it a mental