~Jessieca Cervantes O H . . . This tree (: and it’s leaves look at it without thinking, observe it be B R E A T H E Chemical free Such tremendous beauty is possible to perceive NATURE AND WE are all connected in a way that is beyond any idea our human brain may [...]

~Jenuine I am resilient stubborn as a thistle rugged stem protective prickles soft, vibrant, bloom though I may be tossed about by wicked whistling winds I am not easily broken though I may be cut down by sleek sharp slices I am not easily destroyed though I may be ripped out by careless or clumsy [...]

~Jenuine Would you still love me… Would you love my scars– my discolored, gnarled, footprints of pain? Would you love my shadows– the ones that darken my eyes every now and then? Would you love the cluttered corners and messy closets of my soul? Would you love the insecurities that tag along with my confidence? [...]

~Bethany Lauren Grigsby Winter’s teeth bit our bones as we all huddled close Passing around the yerba mate and sipping it quickly, Hoping to unfreeze parts of our body that had froze It was June But instead of donning tank-tops and shorts and flip flops I was in scarves and coats and boots in rural [...]

~L. B. Nelson An immense, fully plump, deepest blue-red, stop-and-stare Peonie; it had finished it’s slow, relentless, blooming transition, making the grandest debut. These sweet flowers become most fragile; their torn tissue petals eventually falling this way, that way. Strength slowly ebbs. This one filled my out-stretched hand completely. People did stop and stare. While [...]