ChiTeen Lit Fest Save The Date: April 24 & 25 Read Writers of the Week Here! 18 0 20 0 33 0 30 0 37 2 Follow on Instagram FROM THE BLOG November 26, 2019To My Father By: Cielo Marie Bernard Dear Daddy, I write a letter, as you have to me so you can see… your daughter. We got the same face, but not the same brains. You gave us some space, you missed the big-bang. But now I am drained. Dear Dad, I have so much to say. while you were away, your daughter grew up. your daughter got strong while you were away she wished you weren’t gone but she got along. while you […] READ MORE November 23, 2019World Pain By: Shelby Davis-James Can’t you see I’m trying? That’s a shame I am what some people considered a lame But I’m just playing the game I never chase the game, I became the pain You see assholes trying to run our lives but never they succeed The devil’s worshipers can even tell you they’re wrong Escaping reality like contraband in the guard’s hand Flamin’ hot Cheeto bustin’ our guts Absentee fathers bustin’ their nuts White men in suits walkin’ like […] READ MORE November 16, 2019Reflective Glass By: Margo Cicero I couldn’t look into the mirror I couldn’t look into my face. I was too afraid to see the terror Of all the fragments misplaced But I finally lifted my head To see what I had become A girl who struggled and bled And not some mischievous scum I saw a girl who could pick herself up And stitch the wounds Of the living souls she chopped up And those of whom she doomed. I saw deep […] READ MORE WRITER OF THE WEEK
