maybe happily ever afters aren’t always about poisoned apples and princes riding white horses coming to take you away. maybe it doesn’t involve green grass and woodland creatures. our version looked like wet pavements and a sea of strangers but we found magic on empty beer bottles and indie music the kind that will still […]
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Maybe in another life we were there Waking to a new sunshine Looking up at a different set of stars Just you and me Maybe there we were sure Out of our mind certain That we’re both chaotic But in love nonetheless Maybe you’d look at me And I would look at you With neither […]
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My theory is entropy The reason for my heart’s stuttering beats The only explanation for my scattered thoughts Thoughts that hide at the edge of my subconscious Eluding me when I need them most It is the only word that comes to mind As I try to convey the feelings you evoke in me The […]
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Since I’ve met you I am comfortable in my shell I can cope with my thoughts Thank you— For easing my mind, Calming my bones, Loving my soul, And being my home. Marcus Brown is a 3rd year student at Oakland University in Rochester Hills, MI. Marcus has been writing […]
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When you’re young, you watch movies and read books that teach you about this thing called “a spark”: a kind of magic that occurs between two people, a magic that we all have the ability to experience at some time in our lives. What is this “spark” we speak of? Well, some may describe it […]
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Part of me worries I will miss (the thought of, the idea of) you always. I talk (think) about running into you as though it’s inevitable. Like the changing of the seasons or our birthdays falling within a 6-day radius each year, but truthfully, there are 1.3 million people in this city. We could co-exist […]
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Just me. Just you. A lost we. A found me. When are we going to learn? When are we going to just be? Maybe this time we will see… There’s a lock on our love, but no key.
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Our lips may have been pressed together, but what he really touched was my heart. I had given up on being happy and finding someone who understood me, someone I really connected with. All of that changed when I met him. If I would have gone through with my plan, I never would have met […]
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Eyes met, Hearts connected. Forever was promised, And storms were wielded. But there were some storms, Enormous as the sky, limitless! But stubborn was their love, Good to go for the disastrous storm! But then, One word, one mistake, and everything stained. Darkness prevailed, hopes dimmed. Love was never too easy, they said. […]
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