HeartLines

A Sacred Heart University Student-Run Literary Magazine

Tag: Spencer Blasius

  • “Blue” – David Robillard

    I always used to love the color blue. It was the color of so many things, from the sea to the sky. I loved all shades of blue. Royal blue, deep and vibrant. The color of the ribbon I won in my first writing competition. I had entered only because my friends wouldn’t stop urging…

  • “The Making of a Moment” – Thomas Lombardi

    How does a moment make a moment? How does it make us freeze? How can it slow time until it stops entirely letting us think every- thing over without a single thought? We aren’t meant to be any- where else, and we don’t want to be. We sit. Alone but not lonely, comforted but not…

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    “I miss…” – Jenna Siuta

    “I miss him” What do you miss? The flowers he never bought you? The dates he never took you on? The attention he never gave you? The constant lies? What do you miss? I don’t miss anything I am finally feeling loved Loved by me Someone who will always put in 110% just for myself…

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    “The Soliloquy of the Sea & The Reflection of the Robin” – Broderick Prendergast & Jakub Zujewski

    A frigid summer night. Crash! Crash! Crash! No response. Slapped, smacked, chopped, hooked, toyed with all day. Things to be said but nobody to talk to. The seeming inability to empathize creates a wall. Retreating back, but belting forth for an ear. CRASH! Crash! crash! The sound pains one, yet pleasures another. Subject to self…

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    “Dirty Dishes” – Mary Margaret Nugent

    If I was an object I’d be a spoon You can fill me up with your words and all of your proof  Proof that you love me But please Don’t lift me too high Because I might spill over the edge If you hold me up Too close to the light On my way to…

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    “Running Water” – Mary Margaret Nugent 

    Running water  Running away  Helpful daughter  Help her stay  Stay still Stay quiet Be here But be silent Count the numbers up each day  Count the tears on her face  Move out Move away Already gone You thought I’d stay?  Running water  Running daughter  Helpful daughter Helpful her Help her stay Help, still Stay still…

  • “Separate Corners” – Mary Margaret Nugent

    Lingering StaresStanding in separate cornersBut we each still hold a gazeGlances alternatingOne of our favorite gamesI’m wrong and you’re rightAnd your right and I’m wrongA different tune on your guitarBut always the same songNo one ever budgingNot one apologyBut somehow, I always findYour eyes on top of mePressing down my throatUntil there is no airHolding…

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    “The Pint” – David Irizarry

    And in a moment of great revenge,My mother once poured a pint of beer onto a man she had left And said “well… she’s alright, if you like freckles, I guess” She watched the drink drip down his face,and even still, after all of that trouble, he just walked away It’s been years sinceAnd it’s…

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    “Do You Remember?” – Kathryn Haig

    After Todd Dillard Constellations wink in a raven black sky. Your car, lights off, waits as we gaze from atop a hill. Do you remember the first time we danced? In middle school, remember? A square dance. We whirled away on the lodge’s wooden floor  As the trees watched through the windows. Trees, drenched in…

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    “Gracie” – Lucas Goncalves

    There’s nothing like looking into your eyes, seeing the sweetness behind them. Eyes that said “I love you.” Eyes that said “I will always protect you.” You were one of the best things to ever happen to me. To us. But our lives have changed. They’ve changed the moment you left us. For it’s hard…

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