Cover Photo by ChatGPT Written at 36,000 feet. No escape from myself. In dreams they lay, awake While thoughts pierced their soul A thousand knives at once Is all they are a veneer Over anxious chasms Bottomless, alluring For in dreams they lie Our greatest lies of all Those tales of self deceit Of …

Cover Photo by ChatGPT Introduction This is a reflection borne out of the lyric: “The elephant in the room is that my room is in the elephant.” from the song Heretic, by Ren: The Room in the Elephant The elephant is not in the room. The room is ribs and breath and skin, tight-walled, …

Cover Photo by Zac Durant on Unsplash After All You’ve Done People talk about parents And it feels alien to me To have lived in a world Where everyone can see A completely different person Than they’ve ever been with me To hold up on a pedestal Someone who made me feel so small The twisted look in …

Cover Photo by Jeremy Bishop on Unsplash Introduction This is the first poem I’ve written since high school and certainly the first I’ve published. It was written to help me process my feelings towards my mother who at time of writing I’ve been No Contact with for 14 weeks almost. …