Images Visual Arts & Literary Magazine Vol. 2

The City  In a forest of dust, ash fills the air like morning fog  I wander in the city, stumbling and limping, trying to find my home ...

Freedom is a double edged sword  With both sides sharp enough to cut through anything  Yet one side is red, and the other blue  Seemingly...

The word “unorthodox” has been popularized recently with the Netflix series sharing a title with the word.  But for me, unorthodox is a...

At times I think Why is life so in sync? Set rules define everything, Nothing more complex than a blink At times, I think Are we in one...

I am an emotional piano, A beautiful piece of work that has perfect pearly white teeth And polished cavities that fit in between the...

If we were all the same Wouldn’t life just be a little lame If of 8 billion, all who take the human name Were cut from each, the same...

Every child grows up believing they are special Beliefs enforced by parents and siblings. That they have a distinct purpose in the world...

The saloon doors swivel and a pair of brown boots walk inside. Now , the boots themselves are dull and unremarkable, but the golden...

October 11, 1918, Ohio 10 years old “Clara, you need to pay better attention! Don’t you want your dress to look nice and neat?” We’re...

“Look at that silly girl,” muttered Queen Isabella, as a beautiful young lady walked into court.  This maiden was no ordinary lady. She...

How to choose the right path? It is undefined. But to doubt the steps taken is to doubt the design. Looking at paths that seem to...

Uniquely herself she Never gave into temptation or listed to others Only her heart guided her actions Rebelling against what she felt was...

Once again, I caught my sister gazing at flight tickets instead of medical school applications. This was her way of coping with the...

I didn’t think anything would happen on this particular day,  But boy was I wrong, let me take it away.  My day started off normal, as I...

Her screams pierced through the night while I was slowly made my way towards her. From time, there would be pauses of silence, only to...

Day 7: I am a convicted felon.  Yes, it’s been a week here - but nonetheless, weird to say aloud.  The past days have been a blur;...

We march. We march. We march. We march because there is no other place to go Why stray off the path that has been oh so carefully laid...

In a land where the silence ruled, the air was strangely still. Songs there were forbid,  And branded as wrong.  Any echos muffled,  and...

Those who make history share one trait. For me, I am constantly asking questions Putting ideas in my head and spreading them Wondering...

Tired hands, Cramped and stiff. The faucet flows, The water whips. Eyes grow tired, The day is gone. You believe you’re inferior, But...

"Unorthodox" Unorthodox meaning different. Unorthodox meaning unconventional. Unorthodox, something I don't wish to be. A whirlwind of...

Steps. Each step hurts. I’ll fall upon each one like it moves a mountain each time. Pain. No, numb. Pain is the story of the past. Like...

A ll the days I’ve wandered on this Earth, N ever have I truly felt D esirable, relevant, or even normal. Y earning for love and friends,...

Kind, caring, orderly. Kind. Caring. Orderly Kind. Caring.   Orderly. Orderly. The word hovers around me like a mosquito. I've tried to...

I think I went down the wrong path in life.  I had dreamed of a life where my beauty didn’t confine me, and where my perseverance played...

I  rushed down the pristine white halls. On a wall, there I saw A wfully comforting Mentally intruding M onochrome painting with eyes...

Dinnertime. November 4th, 2023 My life changed forever on a simple Saturday My brother and I were sat down, bowls of comforting, warm...

What does it mean to be different? To be so unusual, you’re incapable of blending in? To be a person with nowhere to belong? To hide your...

Girlhood is unrelenting femininity Boas, tiaras, and red ruby heels to infinity Poofy dresses meticulously lined with pink and gold ...

You wake up one day feeling a bit… odd. You don’t know why it's happening or what it means, but you decide to ignore it for the time...

It was getting dark while I walked home. I was spent. That guy from the student council wouldn’t stop nitpicking about our presentation....

What does being unorthodox mean? Perhaps it means being rebellious against society, being abnormal, or even just being unique in...

“Go back to the kitchen and make me a sandwich,” was the first sentence I heard as I jumped over the boards, the blades on my feet...

It feels as though I’ve never felt who I was  Feeling like a tumbleweed Rolling to a distant so difficult to see Trying to avoid making...

I climb out of bed, feet padding on the sunlit wooden floor planks. The tower creaks as I look out from the window, the ground a long way...

In today’s society, being normal is an aspiration to fit in with people, to follow the rules of our society, and to live under the...

The son of Abraham A product of the Magdalene Laundries Of the separation that so often disappears within the blink of an eye That is all...

My destiny is written My future is planned My choices dispersed in the palm of my hand. I’ll continue on With the life I was given “Don’t...

Like soldiers they walk in a line So uniform they believe they are fine Inside their soul they’re truly confined Until one takes their...

A young boy, elbow-deep in his garden’s soil uproots fauna and tends instead fungus and mycelium, strewn with dead leaves and vines. The...

I’ve headed to a new place Farther than I'd ever place, a scaring place Not as wonderful as you might place, run down and beat  It tells...

Imagine a man whose purpose is to walk forever. Step by step, he sets off for the sunset. He follows the Sun with nothing but the clothes...

In a crowd, instead of seeing you. I only see me. My eyes, my skin, my hair, My imperfections. I often stare at the wall.  A blank,...

Unorthodox. The unorthodox way. The unoriginal manor.  The differences getting  Bigger               Bigger.                             ...

Shrieks Echo through our home as I am pulled back to reality Frigid air pierces through my skin the moment it meets tile My limbs bend at...

A home is cozy A home isn't lonely  The walls are wonderfully white With lights so bright A home that welcomes anyone who enters A home...

Does a tag define me? 1 “Call of the freedom” they say, “We respect and procure” But the only thing they do is be cruel. Some...