By Hazel Smith, TIWP Student sunshine my nightlight my favorite daydream liquid sunshine you are everything rays of the mood slip through my eyelids flutters and flickers whispering movements fall into brown eyes hearts on your hand wish you’d stay here forever but i know that you can’t

By Hazel Smith, TIWP Student the most gruesome fall from grace idealizing your embrace eyes that cry and gowns of lace hand in hand, face to face hunters tracking every movement hollow laughter and skin translucent my reputation, my entombment empty wishes for improvement i’ll stay here as waters rise and you’ll help me wash […]

By Zara Quiter, TIWP student Camp isn’t a place.School is a place.The grocery store is, too. Camp is a world.It’s its own little planet, nestled among mountains, a sanctuary for the birds and trees, the bears and bees. Camp is a home.Cabins, lining fields of trees with no electricity, bathrooms with showers to get clean, […]

By Hazel Smith, TIWP Student watch as i crumblein pieces for a smile shifting and twistingi will never be enough vacant planetsboundaries dispelled arms and lipseyes and legs shallow conversationfading sparks crushed.

By Hazel Smith, TIWP Student up and down the streettorn jeansnothing quite as sweetlove-drunk teens the day you left meyour eyes sparkled in the sunlightno one will ever be as prettysomeday i’ll be alright teetering on the edge of nothingfalling and fallingcrushing and crushingyour voice is enthralling blasting all my favorite songsmake the bad feelings […]

By Olivia Tiffin, TIWP Student The sky was bright and pale unstained blue. Clouds clear in splotches of white against the blue in which kept our feet against the rubble paved to make sidewalks and allies. And yet the azure felt sick to this painted, unblemished sky. Trees swayed along a cobble path brim, flowers, […]

By Olivia Tiffin, TIWP Student A fragile flame flickered as the walls set ablaze.And he smiled.A cruel, distasteful, bitter smile.He loved his city. His empire.And yet he loved it more when its buildings and walls smoldered, lit by the red and golden flames.And as he stood over it, a tune swayed the burning air from […]

By Caroline Hesby, TIWP Student Change rides the wind like a wave.It washes over your sinking bodygrowing to a white cap thenretreating to a ripplebut always swirling around your soul. Do I hurt more to curl up safely in my youth or do I hurt more to shed my withered skin and leave all I’ve known behind?The […]

By Zara Quiter, TIWP Student ~ To my dear friend ~ Vulnerability.Something hard, something that’s locked safe inside of yourself,something that you feel is your’s to keep,and no one else’s to be known. When you share your scar,(not the one on your arm,the one in your head),and when you are braveand your vulnerability is let out,they […]

By Olivia Uzuncan, TIWP Student I hope for success. I hope for contentment. I hope for happiness in all realms of my life. I believe in equality. I believe in love. I believe in optimism. I believe in having a soulmate. I believe in trusting the process. I know I am strong. I know I […]