Author: nortonco
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The Monster Inside of Me – Adrianna Jaccoma
When I was six years old and cried during the birthday song, nobody thought it meant I had anxiety. When I was eight years old and throwing up everyday before school, nobody thought it meant I had anxiety. When I was nine years old and crying every time my mom would leave me for the
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Untitled – Zie Mueller
“Look at me, I will never pass for a perfect bride. Or a perfect daughter” These are the lyrics that begin Lea Salonga’s song “Reflection” from Disney’s Mulan. I was eleven years old when I sang them in my elementary school’s talent show. I was obsessed with the song, and although I knew it wasn’t
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Mixtape – Maggie Robinson
Track 01: “Why Can’t I?”- Liz Phair: Have you ever had a playground crush that felt so seismic that you felt the need to stare out the window and sing along to a romcom soundtrack; feeling things that no one could possibly understand? His name was Ricky. He had hazel eyes, wore braces, and thought
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The Pride of a Man – Nadine Abouzid
Arab man, change your ways.Be the best for your children.Cigarette smoke is your cologne.Daughters only.Each born in the hopes to have a boy.Feign ignorance, believe you are not responsible for theGenerational trauma passed down from you.Hide the truth of your ways from everyone, butI know the truth.Just pretend you know me as well as IKnow
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Generational Wealth – Emily Castro-Eugenio
It’s cold and painful,the feeling you get when you are no longer you.You’ll be okay, you chanted over and over and over again. You closed your eyes, readyto go, why must yougo. Now you stand in the middle of a fieldof dead dreams, tattered hearts, and broken-down bones.With tender flesh, black and blueand bloodied thoughts
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Mosaic – Skye Chernobilsky
I am a mosaic of everyoneI’ve everLoved. I have my mom’s smileAnd my grandmother’s bubbly laugh.I have my dad’s bone structureAnd my uncle’s constructive knack. But that’s not what I meanWhen I say I amA mosaic of everyoneI’ve everLoved. My ex-best friend,She never cursedSo now I say “Jeez the Wheeze”When I’m bound to burst. My
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2013 – Maura Corman
“It was so easy then never takin’ any standIt was so easy then, holdin’ hands”–Carly Simon I used to watchThe Fairly Odd Parents,every Saturday,laughing at Timmy’sneglectful parents leavinghim with Vickyeven though she had a bagfull of torture devices. Mom sat with us withhalf her attentionon us and the show.Dad was upstairsreading about some emperor. I
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Crunch – Talia Hincks
Chew on my bones so you can feel my heartbeatConsuming, captivating, grinding in your teeth.Curl deep into my organs, let us not be discrete,Know every inch and corner. Wear me as a wreath. I’ll sit behind your molars, where wisdom used to lie,And upon my hallowed skin you’ll taste not’ but prideSinking on your tongue,
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If You Are The Sun – Emily Ivanauskas
Don’t look at the sun,They say.Well, I guess that’s why when I look at you,I find that you are blinding. I have always considered myselfTo be like the moon.Reflecting your light,While my eyes are still reelingFrom the sight of you. You have always beenA constant.Patiently waiting for meAs my eyes adjustAnd I justContinue to revolve
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i accidentally slipped into a hole the other day – Ashley Morales
i accidentally slipped into a hole the other dayi slipped into a hole the other day.trying to find mywandering self loathing, worthless mind in my piece of shit for a brain. it happened on my bed.the springs began to coilcollecting mybody, striking the inside of my head,wiring my jaw shut. you don’t cry for help