Humanity: Raw & Unfiltered
Leaves go Sightlines clear This is winter’s remark Leaning trees Crazy cross-hatch, we Rail against each other Now things are laid bare and Propped up Out of love’s long habit The strife will quiet as darkness Bears down Leave it until spring, the trees will Hide their torn ground, too Read more
My eyes focused on the illustration of the fallopian tubes as Dr. Marquez fingered me with two digits and a pencil light. Poking and prodding at my cervix, I spread my thighs like I was back at cheerleading practice warming up for a jump sequence. I wondered what she might Read more
To see my name on the big screen. To be famous and make a ton of money. To step on stage at the Academy Awards…. These are the types of aspirations and dreams that drive a young film artist. Some admit it and others tell themselves their ambitions are loftier Read more
I hate to imagine the times I made my mother cry behind the closed door. She wanted to see my face when she looked at her reflection, but I was on the other side of a two-way mirror. I didn’t want to look like her, after seeing her twist and Read more
The floorboards creak as you shift your thin frame closer to mine. They groan like the ghosts of our past, the persistent and unwritten tension between us. They speak of the unspoken desire, suddenly rekindled by our proximity. The ghosts sigh as your breath brushes my neck, a welcome rush Read more
