Contest Nominees

Pain was not that time you hit me
fists raining down upon my face and my head.
Pain was that...

It’s Thursday,
It’s morning
And it’s throng;
It’s eyes,
Redundancy
And...

Expectations. That’s a funny word. Expectations .
Because, when you say that word to me,
it’s...

Hello?
Can you hear me?
A mute cry fills my throat and drowns the sound,
Faces flood...

This is a love letter.
They’re mostly written to earn.
But my purpose for writing it is...

I once held time in my hands
And infinity unto thine eye.

The universe held in divine—...

You are you...
live your own happy...
silence judgement...
free yourself from care...

I wonder what the last word will be,
when the world comes to an end

Will it be meaningful?...

I’m self diagnosed
By the best doctor I know
I’m a mechanic on the way to rebuild my persona...

Empty.
Starving.
The fact that I kind of like it is truly alarming.

Shrink,
...

You got to be good,
to live in the hood.
You have to be grand,
and make a wise plan....

I would be taught many things, what love brings,
but difficult to fly without a pair of wings,...

Four walls submerge me,
Showing me the shadows,
that dance and dance,
craving and...

The heat from the sun warms my face
I close my eyes
Within the beauty of life
For just...

I lost you to enemy infiltration, dripping of malice
Blood would be more welcome than that
...

Blue skies and a cool ocean breeze...
what more could I ask for.
Birds a singing the...

Have you signed the waiver form?
Safety Induction? Medical? Check… Check…
Now watch your head...