by Shally Alonge | Nov 20, 2022 | Poems
Last night, I couldn’t sleep My mind drew a picture of you My belly rumbles as I seat on the sofa you always seat and the doorbell rings I stand, sit and rise again Please Lord, no soldiers today It’s been a year of waiting Through winter nights...
by Shally Alonge | Nov 20, 2022 | Stories
“A gun, a uniform, and a powerful man,” I sing to myself as I look in the mirror and wear my army uniform every morning. The uniform endorses my power. The taunting shouts of my childhood, “You can be no good,” are gone. Am I not one of the...
