The ELM

By Alex Gordon

Dependence.

To rely on another.

It would be impossible to live without others.

Without friends.

Without family.

Without interaction,

Life would be blacker than space.

Empty.

By Kali Ali

As the moon and stars swirled around me overhead, 

I was overcome by a sense of a cloudy-sky feeling

There weren't many stars in the sky, which caused the woods to feel like a ship at sea

By Matias Citarella

By Nora Vota

By Multiple Authors

It flares up from the faintest ember to illuminate the darkness, to burn in spite of overwhelming odds. - Karen Hesse

By Jessie Tornabe
One day we’ll be free, 
Tears galore, blood on the carpet, 
Rat’s nest hair, police with guns, 
Anti movements, at war, 
But I guess it’s what they have come for,