thirty on paper in truth, it's twenty it's all I have yours, ours, mine 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and then-- twenty to eat, rest, talk-- reset right in the middle community for twenty I get to be me the whole me the part that curses and laughs boistrously connections twenty a day it's all I have, we have for 10 months twenty: perfection Do not disturb it's our twenty!
Sonia Chintha is an Indian American writer who lives in the Washington DC area. She blogs, writes poetry, and fiction. She is also an English teacher who believes that our experiences teach us more than any test. She is the founder and co-editor of Good Little Girls.
I dream Everyday Looking for clarity Searching Searching the train for answers Outside the landscape: green, lush, infinite looks back with serenity I wander through
Behind her A mountain of ashes rise Tall, venomous Encompasses a year’s worth of darkness that took residence in her bloodstream and infected every inch
Walking through a field of sinking sand I push hard for clarity it doesn’t matter those words don’t matter I will not let them attach
Democracy, Compromised Inside this cave they say no one can see me but next to me is an army of warrioresses preparing for battle in