There is a darkness
And sometimes an edge
Or a lining
And sometimes it is silver
Like the sliver
Of a moon
Or of skin
Subtly pulling you in

There is a whole
And sometimes a hole
It is black
And sometimes you fall in
Sometimes you stay there
Sometimes you grow there
Searching
Or learning
To find yourself again

Because
There is a darkness
A blanket
A canopy
An entirety
A whole
A safe space
A free space
A temporary
autonomous
zone


And when everything goes
Everything that you think
you know
There is a darkness
One without eyes
Ears, mouth, nose
It is not cold.
And if you let it,
It’ll guide your heart
and heal your soul


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[an ode]: for the dark space of the night, the dancefloor, the unseeable, the closed eyes.

a collection of poetics, music, and art.

accompanying mixtape: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxOt5r0vdVj2DUbeuapWE4srm-Jf3PNyK



Issue 1
Printed Sept 2022

main artwork by ava


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