You’ve always been the extreme to my comfortable,
The outside the lines to my inside the lines,
The rebel to my rule follower,
The bold colors to my nudes,
And though–
I’m safe, comfortable, calm
One look at you and my entire body shivers with potential adventure!
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.
A silky-sweet, buttery-crisp scallop honors my tongue and I’m instantly nodding and embarrassingly “mmming” so the table next to me grows awkwardly silent. The plate
Soloing around town, the wind spirals through her hair, lifts the bottom edge of her dress and her skin is alive. She had forgotten–this side