S.J. Blasko

“I tell her-
it is okay
to be a little quiet,
but when she wants to shout,
I stand and let her riot,
I tell her-
I am here, love,
I will sit or stand or run,
and she says
I am afraid, dear,
I am tired,
I am done.”
― Erelah Emerson, There is Us

“My grandpa likes to tell real ghost stories. He loves explaining that term because it’s something he uses to describe the stories that are scary but true. He goes back to the war, when so many people fought and died. Then he goes even further and talks about the world in general. He always ends with one specific line:
“The reason I’m telling you this is because the world survives through stories and without them we are nothing.”
― Nathaniel Luscombe, There is Us

“At the Beginning, no one knew,
A cage built in silence, letting no one through
Light and dark, a delicate balance
But the scales tipped and all slipped
Found and lost in my own glass palace”
― Raechel Lenore, There is Us

“You hold no horrors for me”
― Maria Dahvana Headley, Magonia