Ashley Morales

Ashley Morales (she/they) is a recent Rider University graduate and the former Web Editor for Venture Magazine. She still enjoys analyzing terrible (yet good) movies and listening to curated Spotify playlists. When she isn’t in deep existential thought, Ashley enjoys writing and making films with friends.

i accidentally slipped into a hole the other day
i slipped into a hole the other day.
trying to find my
wandering self
loathing, worthless mind in my
piece of shit for a brain.

it happened on my bed.
the springs began to coil
collecting my
body, striking the inside of my head,
wiring my jaw shut.
you don’t cry for help here. right?

as i started towards the bottom,
i found there to be
no drop of water that i could wade on
no soft earth to sit and settle upon.

it was just

hard concrete.
cold asphalt.

as i
lie there
and lie there.

and lie there.
my eyes wide, mouth shut, head aching,
i am staring up
at a sky
that continuously seems to be out of
reach.