, Editors
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here are some things you just can’t run from. The three sisters of fate, Moirae, are as vast as the sky and deep as the sea. Their wrinkles are the darkness of the galaxy, eyes the supernovae of ancient stars, and lips the songs of the wind. Their hair is the roots of the trees, beginning at the scalp, tangled with the long lengths of lives, intertwining past and present. Voices are what gives them life, our stories beating with their own rhythm and echoing in their ears. We are Voices–mediums for the memories, present day, and new beginnings. We write for the Moirae who tie our lives together into the roots of the earth, from cradle to casket, into our dreams and our realities. The threads of our lives weave our own narratives and knit them together, worn and thinning. We are the Voices, sometimes screaming, sometimes whispering, a hum in the back of our heads waiting to be heard and seen. We have journeyed to Little Worlds and released all that Pandora’s Box holds. We have woven our lives together so our magazine can unveil our untold stories, the journeys revealed through our individual and unique threads. In “Moirae,” the writers and artists published in Voices recognize our lives are tangled threads, and we invite you to unravel the stories and poems in our literary magazine and find the truths within. Consider our words and find what the fates have knotted together, and then reflect on the stories of your own life.
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Alexandra Cardona
Khonnie Kounbandith Editors-in-Chief
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“The Fates” acrylic painting by Kylee Maidhof
