A Good Little Girls Zine

This Space You’ve Imagined

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 found isn’t quite right…

You brought me back.

In a time when I was hiding

behind

work, and care taking, and doing, doing, doing—you made me

laugh

out loud

alone

with no one to share

and I didn’t care

this space you’ve imagined—here

in it…

I have come back to me.

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Sonia Chintha

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.

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