Melissa Moos Schmit (Age: 17)

The pink fluorescent lights of Mel’s drive-in diner burst and smear, too bright to look at directly, like someone rubbing neon into my eyes. Pink everywhere. On my cheeks, my teeth, the inside of my skull. It was meant to...

Hymn of the Sea The ocean, they say, sings of beauty profound, A whispering blue where all secrets are drowned. But no poet has touched what lies deep in its core. The abyss where the heart roars and calls for...