2319 VOLUME 6 |ISSUE 3 |2015
About the Author
Mystified by a spiritual
experience that saved her
life, Alicen Grey became
convinced that a new
friend had supernatural
powers. This new
friend quickly became
a guru, controlling and
manipulating Alicen for a year. But after
the relationship ended and Alicen learned
about one-on-one cults, she realized that
she had been deceived through an intricate
series of mind games, and that in order to
heal, she had to follow her own truth. In
March of 2014, Alicen decided to speak out
about the abuse in verse, telling her story
in a collection of poetry entitled Wolves
and Other Nightmares. Her poetry was
included in the 2014 Phoenix Project. n
anonymous
to a ring of anonymous faces
at a meeting I found out about
on the Internet
during one of my desperate information-hunts
for people like me
so I wouldn't feel alone anymore,
I made a confession
but this ring of anonymous faces
did not laugh
they did not shrug
or doubt me
or get annoyed
or change the subject
or call me stupid and wrong and overdramatic
instead, the ring of anonymous faces
nodded
solemnly, kindly,
as if to say,
“We understand.”
and just like that,
the ring of anonymous faces
became a circle of friends
starseed
I had a dream last night:
My soul was suspended in a vast stretch of deep pink galaxy:
Behemoth planets hummed from down in their bellies. Stars
shimmered and shone like frozen diamonds. I, body, viewed from a
distance as my soul basked in their mighty presence.
A voice pierced the scene, urgent, concerned, “'Why won't you come back?””
The voice was coming from Earth.
My soul replied,
“Because I just …”
I just want to go home, okay?”
Photo: Vincent Preti Photography
About the Author
Mystified by a spiritual
experience that saved her
life, Alicen Grey became
convinced that a new
friend had supernatural
powers. This new
friend quickly became
a guru, controlling and
manipulating Alicen for a year. But after
the relationship ended and Alicen learned
about one-on-one cults, she realized that
she had been deceived through an intricate
series of mind games, and that in order to
heal, she had to follow her own truth. In
March of 2014, Alicen decided to speak out
about the abuse in verse, telling her story
in a collection of poetry entitled Wolves
and Other Nightmares. Her poetry was
included in the 2014 Phoenix Project. n
anonymous
to a ring of anonymous faces
at a meeting I found out about
on the Internet
during one of my desperate information-hunts
for people like me
so I wouldn't feel alone anymore,
I made a confession
but this ring of anonymous faces
did not laugh
they did not shrug
or doubt me
or get annoyed
or change the subject
or call me stupid and wrong and overdramatic
instead, the ring of anonymous faces
nodded
solemnly, kindly,
as if to say,
“We understand.”
and just like that,
the ring of anonymous faces
became a circle of friends
starseed
I had a dream last night:
My soul was suspended in a vast stretch of deep pink galaxy:
Behemoth planets hummed from down in their bellies. Stars
shimmered and shone like frozen diamonds. I, body, viewed from a
distance as my soul basked in their mighty presence.
A voice pierced the scene, urgent, concerned, “'Why won't you come back?””
The voice was coming from Earth.
My soul replied,
“Because I just …”
I just want to go home, okay?”
Photo: Vincent Preti Photography
