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a space for youth writing on mental health & identity
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a space for youth writing on mental health & identity
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where do they spin the stories? on a spider’s web long ago, thin tendrils of interpretation and the alphabet unfurling on the wit-laced tongue of a butterfly “the blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb”
so the butterfly took the spider as his own, webs of tapestry sticking to dew-slicked leaves and they told stories in the dead of night, blood blossoming from hydrangeas in the middle of the jungle bruises flowering beneath skin, treachery, deceit history, said the butterfly lies, said the spider but no one listened to her, and he spun nets thick with pain, clouded with stolen menstrual blood drew lines, slashed holes, burned pages that did not belong and so her stories were lies, and his lies became stories but what about the spider? she hid and the lies twisted within her, resentment flame licking at the holes in her skin why? lies like seeds spread their roots and took her truths and as the wind whispered them back to her, another word was borne on its breath revenge but who would ever kill a butterfly? Alula Spradlin, age 13, was born in Oregon, where she now currently lives with her younger sister and parents. She started writing in fourth grade and the hobby quickly became a passion for poetry. Although she hasn't yet had her work published, she aspires to become an author. Comments are closed.
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