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Submissions Open – Restless Violets
Submissions Open
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The Lady Has Stopped Protesting, and Is Just Going With It
Scarlet stains my delicate dreams, and I drench my hands with all of the promises that I find at the bottom of a cauldron. I find strength at the bottom of a bottle, and my name, at the top of your heart, holding onto hope, and the vision of myself as something treasured and beloved,…
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Hangover
Last night lingers in the pounding head of a Princess who said yes, yes, yes, yes every time she fell against the bar, with a stranger’s arms around her, but the morning has come, as it always promised to do, and more are running towards me. I can’t wait to meet you, and all that…
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New Year, New Disaster
The lights are dimming on these days, but more bloom beneath the darkness, and I watch them grow under the glow of the fireworks. They say that amor is immutable, insatiable, and forever, but time flows, like petals parade on the wind through the fields, and so does the heart, always hungry for home. I…
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Freedom
At last, I’m alive, and my old bones are brand new. Each breath is so sweet.