by Bettina Basilio

The Way Home

Bettina Basilio

if this world were a trustworthy one would it be easier to believe things will get easier soon? i will be broken and in pain but when i live, it won’t be in vain because that’s what you showed me to do: live.

darling, the sun is still out it’s too early for us to fall asleep; the stars will still set the whole world aglow but i’ve long since found my way home in you.

lost and never found

Kaylee Ordoñez

and i' ve been to many places, foreign terrains, but not one of them resembled a home as close as to how

you once were.

and you were home, but not one to be lived in for forever— for a lifetime.

but somehow your voice and your shadow has found one to reside in, in my head and in my heart— haunting me for as long as i live. as i continue to search for a home to move into— one to replace the image of you.