Mask by Sodiq Oyekanmi put on a happy face — merry maskto shade the void of sanity that slipped awayfrom your mind like the grey hairson your mother’s headsuffering from alopecia areata put on the smiling maskdo not let sadness smear your faceput it on for we all wear masksto shawl our souls. Living Fire… Read More Mask

Forever is a Beautiful Muse by Megan Kirkpatrick Outside the windowSnow is turning to rainAnd I quietly wishThat for once it could just stay.In the whole of my yearsNo snowfall has ever given me reason to believeThat it mightOr it couldFind the courage to stand up to the sun. A fistful of angry sorrowRises in… Read More Forever is a Beautiful Muse

Web by Anupama Kadwad Caught in the webentangled whollycrawling my waycautiously treading on the loopholesfull of dark pits, finding a way through the mazeskeleton of the leafcarcass of the bonesremains of my existenceTied down with expectationsMany a time lured by the glittery surroundingssuccumbed to the false promisesvanished into thin airtossed around by someblown by the… Read More Web

A Paragon of Love by Jhazzmyn Joiner I sit in my yard, atop the withering grass, beneath a bare tree. Winter’s been brutal, yet she offers us this serene, divine day. Birds sing love songs in perfect harmony like they invented the score. The sun’s beams pour through the branches, showering me in comfort. But… Read More A Paragon of Love

Tiny Creatures by Matěj Plachta It makes me blue, knowing how time flies,when I am trying hard to catch the moments passing by,the glimpses of happiness, fleeting like those tiny creatures in your eyesthat you see when looking at the cloudless sky,clear like my mind when I try to findthe right words to write about… Read More Tiny Creatures

A Dead Lover by Shriyanshi Yadav I think my love is meant for someonewho ceased existing centuries ago,and now all I have is grief to hold in my handsand stupid poems I wrote in the washroom of my school,in the name of love. When I look into the eyes of another strangerI hope they would… Read More A Dead Lover

Porcelain Doll by Serena Morrigan These lips have lost their colourThese eyes have lost their shineI know where it all went wrongBut I was too frozen to moveChange hurt more than traumaSo I left it all as it was for youPutting on lipstick every dayWiping the tears off my cheeksYou’d never know how I truly… Read More Porcelain Doll

Transforming Through Ecdysis by Sakina Mohammed Slithering aroundSo grounded and obliviousSeemingly harmless..But if you know meYou will be awareAt the point of insecurityTo hissssssssIs the only defence I know..The poison in me,Becoming the enemyOf my own conscience..My love tooKnows no bounds,My emotions and expressionsHave the strength to crush youIn the toughness of my embrace..My exterior… Read More Transforming Through Ecdysis

A Parallel Universe by Simona Filiposka In a parallel universeI hold your handand I smileat your silly faceand those pretty eyes.In a parallel universeyou play me songsthat you likeand I begin to like them tooso we sing togetherand dance,dance under the moonlight. In a parallel universewe go on datesin hidden bookstores,we read poetryand pretendwe understandShakespeare.… Read More A Parallel Universe

The Still of the Night by Matthew John Something about the still of the night,brings such peace and clarity,when nothing is movingnothing can go wrong,within the grasp of silencebliss is found. Untitled #31 by Matthew John It’s not about the love that we had,it’s about the lives we created,by having been in loveand falling entirely… Read More The Still of the Night