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Rethinker | the 5 Ws
Rethinker
Yoni Perla
the 5 Ws
Mia Yang
who has left me to the devices of my own mind?
not everything is
black and white, sure, but
(sometimes) i am afraid—
what will crawl out of the ashes
of my thoughts, and
where can one even hide
in the dark?
when i am still chasing shadows
down to crossed wires, oh,
why do i always have to
think it over (twice)?
(wait,
there is a light coming from the end of the tunnel
or maybe it’s been shining in my eyes all along
well,
it’s not like i didn’t know it was there but
if i look now, it’ll blind me)
inevitably i wander,
inevitably i wonder:
how lonely is it, to be alone?