THE EIDOLON

The first thing Anna noticed was the cow painting inside the room. It was a square canvas, just about the size of her head, hung up on...

My sister looks at me, tugging on my sleeve. “It’s getting dark.” I feel her hands shaking in mine. I see the last rays of daylight...

She lives in a house on a hill, nestled between two towering mountains, guarded by a rushing river. She has no visitors, no family, no...

A sparkling tunnel woven from star threads. That’s how I tried to express the inexpressible nature of the way between Earth and Heaven. I...

I love cicadas. I hate them. My sister ate one.

Broken laughter, Empty wishes, A ticking clock, And long-dead fishes. Trapped behind an iron door, This fish will see a friend no more,...

I walked downstairs and over to the fireplace to grab my bright blue slides, like I always do. I sit down and put my blue slides on, like...

I liked her hands. It was captivating, watching her delicate fingers dance across the keys to the music they were playing. They weren’t...

I’ve found a new purpose in life. I have matured and grown and progressed. I am healthy, happy, and I have something to look forward to...

Golden, rich, and opulent, the royal palace of Shushan is at the center of the Persian metropolis, filled with laughing courtiers and...

She takes her girlfriend's hand. No longer afraid. It's the first of July, but she won't let her pride month leave her. They smile...

The light of the lamp reflects Off the wet ink drawn across the paper And into my tired eyes, creating the shine I long for. I write, and...

[This is to be read as an acrostic poem] Please, send prayers, illuminating the lightless moments effusing rounded edges absent the...

1). In thermodynamics, Entropy is a measure of the randomness of the universe. As Hot and Cold meet, they balance each other out,...

This piece is inspired by the Walt Whitman poem of the same name. “O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done, O Captain! my...

I sat on the sofa, viewing the wintery atmosphere overtaking the skies. I held the hand of my beloved Ossian, squeezing it, letting him...

You seemed like a kind, loving home I could stay in for a while A place that provides warmth for my cold little, desperate soul A...