Anexis Matos

Blind author, content creator, and freelancer

Category: Poetry

  • I consume stories to escape.To not be consumed by the shadows.To stop myself from constantly reacting.To keep from destroying myself. I consume stories to escape.To keep the demons at bay.To keep my already broken heartfrom breaking even more. I consume stories to escape.To keep from rememberingthe challenges that constantly plague me.To feel normalin a societythat…

  • I reach into myself,a barrel of blinding light pushing toward her.I can’t see her.She’s hiding.She must be planning,an angry, irritated, wrathful warrior waiting to strike. She usually sleeps,but she chose to strike today,extending her claws and tearing at skin,leaving nothing in her wake before returning to her lair. I’m surrounded by her when I find…