By Olivia Falk, TIWP Student I just can’t get it rightToo much of that spice, not enough of the otherMy soup lacks the heat that makes my mouth tingle yet doesn’t stop me from taking another generous biteMy meat is chewy and tough, yours practically melted in my mouthJust by picking it up, it would […]
Look Don’t Tell
By Olivia Falk, TIWP Student Cerulean eyes and messy dyed hair to a face overtaken with large framed glasses, who everyone assumes the worst of, they just don’t see himA face overtaken with large framed glasses to a strawberry-blonde in a bold, monochromatic outfit that exudes confidence, who hides her shaking handsA strawberry-blonde to a […]
The Wind
By Harper McIntyre, TIWP Student The motion of the wavesmoved with the momentum of the momentIt seemed perfect yet flawedThe way the tide poured into my poor soulthe way the wind blew my mind away and left me breathlessI drowned in my dreams that drained my thoughtsand led me to you
Broken Clocks
By Harper McIntyre, TIWP Student I am a match ready to be litI am a puzzle waiting to be solvedI embrace my own emptinesstill my emptiness hastily dissolvesI am lost in the world I createdto keep me content while I’m still herecause this world can start to get frighteningwhen you base it off all of […]
Intervals of Joy
By Harper McIntyre, TIWP Student A dried up creeklike the intervals in joywe found silencewe found stillnesswe found greatness in our empty eyesour empty handsour empty heartsbut now the emptiness is goneand so is “we”but in this new tributary called “moving on”I’ve found more greatnessaccompanied with its usual emptinessjust a little less with only half […]
Time
By, Harper McIntyre, TIWP Student I am lost in the world I createdto keep me content while I am still here’cause this world can start to get frighteningwhen you base it off all of your fearsThough I am grateful for all of the good times,and even more for those that were badI will pass time […]
Match Ready
By Harper McIntyre, TIWP Student I am a match ready to be litI am a puzzle waiting to be solvedI embrace my own emptinesstill my emptiness hastily dissolvesI am lost in the world I createdto keep me content while I’m still herecause this world can start to get frighteningwhen you base it off all of […]
Waste of Time
By Harper McIntyre, TIWP student Maybe it was myself awakingmaybe it was myself forsakingmaybe it was my lack of ambitionbut we all know it wasn’tWhat’s the harm?Lots of harmIf it works and even if it doesn’twas it ever a waste of time?It was never a waste of timethough a waste of time it certainly seemedguess […]
Foot Gazing
By Ava Skidgel, TIWP Student The train doors rushed open and busy feet stepped across the crack that separated the station’s city floor and the train. Above me, a sign that flashed “Crosby” indicated the train’s whereabouts. My head was perched downwards and I was observing the passing feet that trekked and treaded through the […]
Happy Birthday
By Adia Lee, TIWP Student I often think back to the night my friend and I spent planning her birthday dinner and finally set the plan in motion on April 24th, the day of her 13th birthday. I think back to the moment it was instantly ruined, when we finally got our food, and the […]
The Intuitive Voice 