Goodnight moon, goodnight stars,
Goodnight roof, goodnight floor.
Goodnight standing iron bars,
Goodnight wardens by the door.
Goodnight dad, goodnight mom,
Goodnight walls of smooth gray stone.
I haven’t seen you in so long,
Since you left me here alone.
It’s been weeks, it feels like years,
Sleeping far away from you.
No one hugs away my fear,
And the floor is awful too.
Why’d you leave? Where’d you go?
Won’t someone please just let me know?
There is something beautiful, ethereal about the mercy that you give. How your soul seems to open up. The stitches of your heart unravel at the seam of a touch. And your hands become light again, repl
They’d come during the night. Yes, I could see it now: the way they had encircled the well-worn but sturdy building, a few laden with drums of kerosene. The soldiers had arrived with single mind and p
Angered. Attacked. Act. Broken. Battered. Bloated. Cut. Cracked. Cover. The reflection shows what the eyes don’t want to see. The folds. The handles. The fat calves. The jiggly arms. Everyday forever
