Ember Papp (Age: 18)

Aeri had sworn the sacred oaths beneath the spirit oak The day she became a Sower.   I: Nurture Every Soul.   Aeri was there at each soul’s germination, Guiding their seed into the realm of the living, Slicing the...

Grandma sleeps in her hospital bed. Her mind is gone, yet her body won’t follow, Despite pleading God to join the dead. Her family lingers, eyes distant and hollow.   Grandma kept herself alive until  Granddaughter could see her once...

Colors fade to dull, to dusk Darkness envelops my happiness, My sadness, my every feeling I try to live, a hollow husk Emerging from the darkness, Dawn begins anew, the sunrise bringing The pinks of happiness and the oranges of...

Dear Grandma, I write to you Knowing you could never read this. Even so, I want you to know, Grandma, how I remember you   I remember you in tiny trinkets In blue board game pieces And fake glass candies...