elementia issue 7

what is a home...

By Connor Mitts

Is it the one place you can go?
the one place you can trust
those who are there
no matter where you are
or where you are going?

Is a home where you are always found
and lost to lose yourself in old memories?


The Willow Tree

By Mathew Morefield

I sit under the willow tree
waiting for the approaching storm.
And it comes with a
gust of wind.
I sit under the willow tree
Watching the storm
Destroy everything it can.
It blows over the trees
And breaks the base of
Our house.


neverdawn

By Rachel Franklin

Tonight I let my shadow wind around my ankles
Soft fingers pulling me down as I succumb to myself.
I look inside to find a growing grasping black.
You should have risen by now, your cadence the only light
In my inner endless tribute to things worse than death,


I believe.

By Bailey Tulluch

I believe.
That everything means something,
and one thing can mean everything.
I believe.
That every little mockingbird
deserves a chance to sing.


Universe

By Weston Franklin

The Universe
A place made of solar systems, stars, and planets.
To me,
Is just a fading reality.
A dream someone dreamed last night.
A dying star of happiness that is my heart.
A town of my dreams,
By the sea,
That a tidal wave hit,


Writing

By Bailey Fi

The pencil soars across the black page
painting imagination, uniqueness
illuminating places concealed in the corner of your mind
bringing eccentric beasts into the fabric of reality
blustering winds rush over once serene, quiet glades
rainbows tango in the sky


featured young adult writer: Patrick Barry

By Patrick Barry

what inspires you?
I like the phrasing of “musings” as opposed to “inspirations” because I feel that it gives me a bit more room for artistic license as


Cannon

By Ayah Abdul Rauf

most pristine nuisance
gorgeous agony

straddling the retired cannon
thumping your
lace tied
ankles
against it, silent pinching of my waist

your limbs of every bit
are a pressure on the body.


elementia...

By Angel Jewel Dew

came to me
in a dream;
tis’ I believe
dreams do
indeed...
come
true