My dear Summer wind,
Thy cool breath on me
Blow!
Oh so soothing,
I thank thee
lovely wind, my dear.
Swim through me
cool me to the core
wipe me clean
no strings attached.
Unconditionally giving
spirit light
refreshing calm
silencing me
Oh!
How lovely
it must be
Welcome always
unconditionally.
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 roll past the same ramp opposite the entrance that was the first door that opened my life to this new world and grin at
Release I am an airtight freezer bag, I cling, holding on to the past till there is freezer burn all over it. They tell me,
Fire limned with resentment, eating up the air until I choke— this is my anger, gaslit, bewildered. No longer able to tell who should be
Thick burgundy liquid stains the floor and it spreads like the tentacles of an octopus, bitter-sweet memories reach in every direction with my heart at
