Isabella Suarez is a poet from Koreatown, Los Angeles, who has been recognized in publications such as Discretionary Love and will be in the forthcoming anthology Writing From the End of the World, by Last Generation Press. Her work primarily centers upon introspection, femininity, and an exploration of emotional intensity. When she's not writing, she can be found reading, drinking coffee, or creating art out of junk.
                                            goodbyes in dusty evenings of the trauma that bonded and broke our inner children

we sit at the edge of the star-stricken concrete
swinging our spider-webbed feet into a glossy abyss
held between your teeth are the rays of nostalgia we plucked
from the sun, heavy
beaming bright and rusted linen
my oversized sleeves slip through the holes in our hearts
knitting us all together into the epidermis of childhood and
i think once again:
maybe this is what love feels like




read more when i am on fire and i think it would be better with you

the world is burning
into pieces over and over again and my mind is spilling over with a million messes but
there are roses bleeding in my heart and i think i only want you, forever, you
youyouyouyouyouyouyou in frantic gasps or in slow breaths, hey, know when i heard it was time
to end
i only pictured the day we sat at the edge of the parking lot roof and contemplated jumping
maybe that says a lot about me, my last thought of a boy i am too scared to love