River Almsted Sol Lucet Omnibus

Sol Lucet Omnibus

River Almsted

[brother]

kadence

love binds the suffrage tied to the end of a rusted needle threading the rotted lineage fate to fallen.

victim to the puppeteer, shifting the universe in light of dirt upon the skin in which you share ancestry.

the choice is yours, avenge the ignominious taste the berry unripened juice searing your tongue.

bathe in spoiled sorrow fingertips wrinkled slowly as you sulk in consequence ill to the core

your heart corroding poisoned by your morals a tainted tenderness intimacy stretched into a fine line

crossed at mortality the dawn of erupted sins. the sun swallowed by darkness, a signal to the end.

[Broken Glass]

5th Grade Logan

Trigger Warning: Domestic Violence

My mom cries louder than a coyote, Wayne screams at her “SHUT UP WOMAN!!!!!” (Wayne is who my mom was dating) Glass shatters BAAAMMM!!! As soon as all the yelling stops I call my grandma, She said she would call the police, She said they would be there soon, When soon felt like an eternity, I heard a knock on the door, BANG BANG BANG!!!!! I got out of the bedroom barely making it without cutting my feet, A storm was striking and it would only get stronger, I open the door, There the police stood in front of me, I had told them everything at that point, Then a flood of emotions passed as they went to go find my mom and Wayne, Anger, guilt, relief, depression, and horror, My life was always bad at those apartments, But tomorrow at school I painted on a smile to trick them to not worry, You know they say “time cures all ills.” But the anger, terror, and disgust would not go away ANY time soon towards Wayne, But now I live with my grandparents, And my mom lives with her brother, Let this be a message to you life is NEVER always nice, There will be horrid times and times where you’re on cloud nine, So always be happy for what you have.

[Broken Glass (Remastered)]

Logan Burnell Trigger Warning: Domestic Violence

I was sitting in my bedroom shared with my mom My mother and her boyfriend Wayne had been fighting more and more They always fought from time to time but not like this Not like they are now. My mom always said that when you fight it just means that you love each other It reminds me of my friend Lily. She was like a sister to me but she didn’t come to the apartments anymore Just recently her dad died And we used to fight a bit, that’s even how we met We were throwing water balloons at each other and when she threw hers at me it hurt I got mad And tried to hurt her back And from then an amazing friendship was born Mom and Wayne had been yelling at each other for a long time now, They must have been drunk My grandma always called it the demon, still does Loud crashing Loud, loud, loud screaming They wouldn’t stop until I heard something break against a wall Silence absolute deafening silence I rushed for my tablet to text my grandma over messenger that they got in a big fight She called a phone, I can’t quite remember whose I found the phone and answered

She told me that everything would be ok and that she would get help I sat there sobbing The silence only got louder and louder Until there was a quiet knock on the front door I got up and yelled “Coming!” I got out of the room and stepped into the hallway leading to the front door Across the hallway was the kitchen I looked down at the floor and saw millions of small broken pieces of glass Broken glass That was what caused that loud final crash, they threw things at each other I stepped over it and somehow didn’t get my feet cut I would say lady luck was on my side If only, if only it wasn’t this horrible dreaded night that I didn’t cut my feet I got to the door and saw a very large police officer, on his badge read ‘sheriff’ I answered his questions and got on some snow boots to walk across The broken glass I sat on my bed hoping, that this night could just be For it to finally end.

[Lonely]

Luci D.

As I looked down on Earth, I wondered what they were up to? Did they even realize I was gone? I have been on the moon’s surface for so long, that I was beginning to wonder if my own family knew I existed. I am glad I brought as much food and air as I would need to survive my three-year mission to study the humans from afar. I hope they cannot see me on the nights the moon is full, that would blow our whole mission away! Wait? You can’t have thought I was a measly human! Honestly, you people are silly. What is this math, science, school you speak of? Look, kid, all you need is some indestructible metal of unknown origin, and some explosions, and BOOM! A rocket. It’s not that hard. I mean, have you ever stepped foot on stars yet? No? Silly humans. Silly, silly humans. You say it would hurt! Do you not have the mysteries of the universe and the secrets of eternal life figured out yet? What’s my name you ask? Well it’s Uksrdcx Ccgtg Viov, which I believe translates to something called a cipher in your language of english. No, no, you need not worry…I am not gonna take over your world. My horde of crazy alien buddies will do that for me. It’s nothing personal, we just think it was rather rude, the fact you never cared to visit. Oh stop your whining, it’s never fair, the cards we dealt, that’s why it’s called a hand, not every human has the same number of fingers. Oh wait? You do? Oh, my apologies. Welp, time to cause an apocalypse. Oh right... I am alone...

[An argument between skies, the story of earth’s demise.]

Luna and Stella stared at each other, as tension shot through the room. This was war. As Luna eyed the game of earth that they were playing moments before with newfound hatred in her eyes. Stella seemed no more pleased at the game’s cold direction. “Luna, you are nothing but a stupid mirror eyeing my moves and copying.” Stella was about to continue before a discontented growl from her opponent cut her off. “Oh so you think I have a choice!” Luna growled so low that it shook the earth. “You- you- YOU NO FUN, THINKS YOU’VE WON, NOBODY WITH A HORRID SHINE THAT DOES NOTHING TO THE WORLD IF IT WEREN’T FOR MY EYES!” Before Stella could react, with a cold stare in her eyes, Luna grabbed the game and smashed it on the ground, and, without breaking eye contact, left the room. Earth had shattered as the moon crashed into it, taking all the pieces with it.

Luci D.