A note from our Founder & Editor in Chief
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Girl Garden
Me, a little girl In the crazy garden Working for the big girls I look up as They strut in With the wind at their back Effortless Gliding In glistening pumps Big hoops Blazer, sneakers, jeans —Doesn’t matter Me, a little girl Big eyes Staring after them As they breeze by Warm and watering Read more
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The Bubble of Expat Privilege
My German and Chinese parents have always found it important for me to be culturally aware and open-minded. As a result, I am one of those lucky third-culture kids who got to spend the entirety of their primary and secondary education in bilingual and international schools. It is a fair assumption that exposure to different Read more
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Wolves and Lambs
Here we go, baby Early city, hungry to conquer The doors open but you Ignore the beggar on the train Weak grandfather eyes As the herd swarms the streets, a mob Symphony, taxi!, mosh-pit cocaine Noises flashing Deaf in the eyes Feeling big, like its owner, its master Facing the forest of glistening towers Read more
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Familiar, Familial Border
When do unattended-to childhood patterns Turn away from shame and Toward intentional tools of destruction Requiring only a whispered demand to be handed the bleeding heart’s supply They count on your sadness to Fill their bottomless cup of gladness And before you know it You’ve been punched in the eye Swallowing excuses, like in generations Read more
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the blue mountained heart
softening denotes a lesson learned and overcome: the reunification of soul wisdom with the mind i examine a slice of the atrium wall, striations of color hidden by a neutral crust. my heart is coated with something gray yet inside it is still alive! i wait for the hardness to weaken by waters crash and Read more
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Freedom: Thoughts on Growing Up as a Teenager
I thought that for my first contribution to the magazine, I should get a little personal to show who I am, or at least show a part of my identity. I define part of my identity as growing up as an only child in a sole parent household. I call it “sole parent” because I Read more
