fingers trembling
I write
batting away each
what if!
it’s there.
it’s good.
It’s worth it.
more than that
it’s yours.
I tell myself.
yet I tremble–
beneath the surface
it grows strong
stronger than ever before
I can feel the structure
protective and inspiring
fighting for me.
fingers trembling
I write
protected by my insides
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.
As my year off, sabbatical, leave of absence, whatever you want to call it comes to an end, it’s hard not to look back and
In you I found the layer, the one and only layer that’s still unseen by most of my family: the whole me, complete circle. though
Hypocrite I called them hypocrites for calling themselves Christians and judging me for wearing earrings to church. They called her a hypocrite for dating the
Illustration by Tatyana SafronovaWritten by Gwynn FulcherEdited by Sonia Chintha, Celeste Bloom, Parivash Goff, & Andrea Nevin Friends, it has been twenty-five months since I