“Fatherless behavior,”  A common comment amongst so-called “saviors” Trying to warn the young women and fems of their fate Should they continue to make “mistakes.”  I don’t mind the comment, though.  Not since the sayers of it are the ones who overturned Roe, Not when I first saw pain so long ago.  I don’t mind…

12×16 Acrylic and Thread on Canvas Autumn Sullivan is a 17-year-old, self-taught multimedia artist from Hickory, North Carolina. Their work primarily explores concepts relating to the self in hopes of conveying various personal emotion, uncertainties, and experiences. 

Rayyan and I were fighting over Little Bites in the backseat when Theo called Hameed. It connected to Hameed’s car via Bluetooth: the modified speakers cracked Theo’s whip-like voice like a jockey’s wrist. Zayn—riding shotgun, freshly-lined up Eid al-Fitr goatee peeking out thewindow—reeled back inside the car, resting his hand on his cheek, elbow nestling…

Spears of sunlight shine Through the gaping window,  Ushering in a soft breeze.  Birds dot the face of the sky,  Shifting, flapping freckles  That highlight the cloudy blush.  Trees reach their verdant arms up  Until they nearly graze the world’s ceiling As they celebrate merrily,  Casting down clusters of green confetti. S mall gusts of…

I dream in vibrant screaming color then remember too much I wake up in the back seat of a car driving on its own Something chases me my legs freeze up I cannot outrun the thing behind me that looks just like my dad Somehow I drown in deep water when I know how to…