trauma
Like Kudzu Vines
Like Kudzu Vines written by: Mark Tulin Words become entangled spirits Once cast from a vile mouth...
Little Red Riding Hood
Little Red Riding Hood written by: Carlotta Dahlmann - The knife hit the stone floor with a sharp clink that rattled her ears long...
The Road That Drinks Our Shadows
The Road That Drinks Our Shadows written by: Gloria Ogo We paved it with old hymns and...
Conversations and Malcolm
Conversations and Malcolm written by: Chris Gee - Soldiers fired their machine guns into the largest house in the village...
Flip The Switch
Flip The Switch written by: Mary Kloster - I can guarantee you; she will have every memory that Natalie had...
Touch
Touch written by: Winelady It was only a touch— “forget it,” she said, But it lingered, searing...
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Presence [Not Found]
Presence [Not Found] written by: Tristan Tormented by memories of my own design, I’m trying, digging, searching...
They Took Him
They Took Him written by: Tracy Lord They came with paper, not with grace, No comfort in...
Echoes in the Shadows
Echoes in the Shadows written by: Kelly Doheney Shadows of the past, pain revealed. Voices threaten, my...
Acutely Punctured
Acutely Punctured written by: Jan Niebrzydowski The needles so meticulously placed by crafted hand Inserted into prodigious...
Condoms
Condoms written by: Seán Óg Ó Murchú - They all laughed at me. All the dinner ladies. It started with your one...
Bleeding
Bleeding written by: Chris Callard Bleeding, blood seeping through skin like through cheesecloth to the shirt, between...
