1 poem
by Trinity Ridout
Trinity Ridout is a young writer and musician. She attends City Honors High School, the Just Buffalo Writing Center, and Community Music School. Her work is often inspired by her strong feelings toward environmental activism, and focuses on interpersonal parallels and the relationship between humanity and nature.
Abdication By Earthquake
the clock ticks slower for her
blood rain, and the heaven fog
she’s mine through nightmares
imagine lava creeping towards
uncertainty from underwater women
mouse squints when she whispers woods
old magic, itching to make wind
it’ll scorch arms that taste like apples
it’ll open your fears into static
it’s a mystery stitched inside the sleeve
of baby blue church bell chimes
light the sirens red hot and see
into more powerful footprints,
piercing the rushing streams again.
you found abdication by earthquake
suspense drops when the blossoms fall
cool waters stretch far into open arteries
blackboard littered with sharp crystals and quartz
thorns like teeth stitched the sky