Sophia BakerJan 10, 20231 min readRamblingMy life is a monologue of inside out lies. Truths I give life because if I don't they burn inside. I tell them to myself before others...
Sophia BakerJan 10, 20231 min readSevenI don't want to taste the lies on your lips. You pull me close with arms so cold tracing my outline; fingers digging into hips. My body's...
Sophia BakerJan 10, 20231 min readWhat is Silence?Silence is fear of anger and retribution. A closed mouth and still tongue are armor against backlash revenge. Motionless limbs are not...
Sophia BakerJan 10, 20231 min readListenWe talk and babble and chatter but no one seems to listen. Freedom of speech falls flat if no one can hear a word. Voices raised higher...
Sophia BakerJan 28, 20201 min readWalk With UsWe are walking together side by side. to take back everything We have been denied. every step We take We are changing the world. you...
Sophia BakerJan 28, 20201 min readGiving UpSometimes freedom feels like giving up. As if there is another way, but the fight is so exhausting that you cannot see a brighter day....
Sophia BakerJan 24, 20201 min readAwake Before the WorldEarly morning sun breaks through the glass – rays of light filling the room that was dark for hours. Awake so long that night leaves and...
Sophia BakerJan 24, 20201 min readDescending NightBased on the sculpture by Adolph Alexander Weinman A fragment of the cosmos, her pedestal above the world. Cast in bronze she draws down...
Sophia BakerJan 24, 20202 min readGirls Like MeTo the girls who plan conversations days, weeks, months, years in advance. Conversations that need to happen, want to happen, may never...
Sophia BakerJan 24, 20201 min readHow Colors FeelWhen someone you love makes you laugh in a way only they know how to. Yellow Singing and dancing in the kitchen. Making dinner in your...
Sophia BakerJan 24, 20201 min readLong I Stood ThereMy heart is beating in my throat like sour bile forcing its way out. I listen. Sounds like dry winds hissing through hollow tunnels....