In one breath, she pressed
her past and present flat between the pages of a seedling desire to stand steady on the balance beam of her thoughts—
In one breath, she pressed
her thoughts flat between the pages of a deep den of yearning to take action, flip the switch
and step into her full self; no more flattened between the pages of her thoughts and desires; standing instead, atop a crest, reaching out in every direction.
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.
Walking through a field of sinking sand I push hard for clarity it doesn’t matter those words don’t matter I will not let them attach
Today I stood at the edge of the atlantic with my feet under salty water where sky blends into ocean and clouds sail overhead in
I used to believe that luxury meant jaunting off to the Mediterranean for a month or sailing around the world for a year–something dramatic and
She scrunches up her face and bites her lip, as if the music is coming from deep inside her, Gallops in a figure eight around