A Lover’s Embrace

  A touch upon the skin Easy and gentle Warm and sincere Has the power to push a magnitude of troubles out of realm       Photography by: Sahin Yesilyaprak

It’s A Mad, Mad World

She was once taught to discern the essence of a person by how they treat the people around them If they treat people with respect then they are respectful If they treat people with love then they’re  loving If they treat people with spite then they’re spiteful If they treat people with hate then they’re…

A Solitary Being

  She was strange don’t you see… In this Tinder age Swiping for a good time Setting up a profile to hook a good match She’d been foreign to it all A touch. A kiss. A heart longing for another. She was an alien to intimacy An onlooker to infatuation and passion Was she a weird…

Wasted

    Wasted years Flooding in a puddle of tears Over things unaccomplished and  Hopes unfulfilled         photography by Anh Nguyen

Dwell Less

  Dwell less on a person’s size. Care little about someone’s hue Be more concerned with their qualities as a human. Dwell less on Tall…Short Skinny…Fat Black…White Poor….Rich Urban…Suburban  Vegan….Carnivore See the true essence of the person Compassion, generosity, kindness Things that the soul feels and the eyes can’t realize   Photography by: Tobias Zils

Mind Embargo

    A THINKING PERSON IN A WORLD BEING RIPPED FROM THE SEAMS BECAUSE OF TWISTED PERCEPTIONS     Photography by: Rob Bye

Forced Onward

    He stood in the busy airport With everything he owned in a backpack Staring at the departure screen Knowing two things with surety There was nothing left for him in his hometown and  there was nowhere he wanted to be but there.       Photography by Erik Odin

Writer’s Block

  A wall of brick and concrete Mortared by doubts From the rejections gliding into the inbox Constructed with words pertaining to the fitness of your craft Slaughtering ideas, plot, and dialogue Chocking creativity and murdering epilogues Disillusioning you in a world To believe the hundreds of paragraphs Whimsical metaphors And lyrical lines You birthed…

Earless Debate

  Immense talking And Diminished listening Creates an eruption No man can vanquish     Photography by: Pawel Janiak

New Year’s Day

    New Year’s Day  Is a time to clean  The slate Hit refresh And  Start Anew So, don’t take 2017’s issues In to a year so new     photography by Chansereypich Seng