Wellspringwords Literary Anthology
“The Descent…”
Issue 1
When the day breaks into nighttime
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“the only constant my breath and space”
nomad by profession
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“home is wherever i am / plus a stamp on my passport that tells me to / leave after 90 days”
All together now
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“Death is present, but the essence remains”
When the day breaks into nighttime
“the only constant my breath and space”
nomad by profession
“home is wherever i am / plus a stamp on my passport that tells me to / leave after 90 days”
Only At Midnight
“I battle for respite and self-forgiveness”
These Bones
“Invite me to hold each moment gently, to reach for stars, heal from my scars and offer blessings to humanity”
Means of Identification
“Swaying in the liminal space of a person dulled by survival / And a vessel enjoying the life of an audacious soul”
A Body
“Loving the spaces my parents’ embrace couldn’t reach”
Shame
“Weary from holding it in.”
Woman Gives Birth to Universes Within
“How I sing like I’ve never known brokenness”
Wounded Wonder
“What a peculiar creature I be’s / What a magnificent revelation I am to be Black and disabled “
Study in Pink
“I hold a bouquet of bleeding hearts”
Parked Car Prayer
“Mama waits at the door with tears and a warning about spiking blood. She told me what was safe for the last twenty years.”
Permission
“to feel I could wear my hips / like they belonged to this body, / what a crime.”
All together now
“Death is present, but the essence remains”
I Sent For You
“A little bird waits with you on the dash… / willing to die alongside you”