My eyes are steady now,
my guiding light in this tunnel,
shining the light on all the wrongs
that could be
should be
must be
right.
My eyes are steady now,
my guiding light in this tunnel,
shining the light on all the wrongs
that could be
should be
must be
right.
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 a ten-year old in a new country, all I wanted was to be part of this new culture and its customs. We arrived in

today I sat at a table
rectangular in shape
long and wide
with seven white people in power
next to the other person of color at the table
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–