Codependent

Serena Anagbe / Photo EditorTwo girls, one leaning on the other. As I wake up, I look to my left and see the sight of beauty I stroke her hair tenderly, and the look in her eyes softens For when she looks…

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A Miracle Before Christmas

Olga Steblyk / Sputnik Photography Thando Bhebhe / Lead Infinitum Writer Thando Bhebhe / Lead Infinitum Writer I  The Night Before Christmas  I don’t know what to feel anymore.I feel like I’ve felt everything.  That the feelings are so deepThat they’re…

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I Am Mine

Bachir Miloudi / Sputnik PhotographyA girl hugging herself. My body is in a constant fight just to stay afloat, but it does. It is mine.   “Eat vegan,” or “skip gluten,” they say, because it healed them. Their body isn’t mine.    A body…

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Begin Again

Serena Anagbe / Photo Editor I’m at the beginning, where later I will begin again. Every time I die, I will begin again. A guard wakes me, brings me in, shows me the statue in the room. Walk into the room, power goes…

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Blood for blood

Serena Anagbe / Photo EditorA sunset by a house. There’s a story of a father.  A father and his sons  His sons ran to their friends.  Their friends told them what happened.  ‘’They beat us, they beat us up, they…

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Venom

Serena Anagbe / Photo Editor Death is our beginning,  Life is a ticking star  Fading away  Leading astray  Time won’t change for me Time won’t change for youPlease lead me to theStreet where we were two  One is enough for you One…

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Say It

Olga Steblyk / Sputnik PhotographyAn empty room. I loved them  From the time they said “hi” But they never loved me back  I thought it would be okay Cause eventually they would love me  See me  Hear me  But reality hits  I…

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Cup of Coffee

Serena Anagbe / Photo EditorA cup of coffee. You’ve been gone for too long  Left me listening to love songs  Wishing my heart wasn’t aching  Breaking  Slowly  Piece by piece  Wishing we were under the sheets  It was just yesterday  Laying together under the night sky  Believing we could…

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