I draw the curtain
Close and open my eyes to
the crisp blue skies–still.
I draw the curtain
Close and open my eyes to
the crisp blue skies–still.
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 walk through the drizzling leaves and make a wish on each leaf as if it were a shooting star. The wind sweeps through us
Illustration by Deema Alawa We Were Queens by Parivash Goff This was a stolen October day, six hours of teaching traded for a two hour