ash brushed against the brow bone.

hair brushed against the pillowcase.

pinch at the petulance,

don’t cry till dusk.

heed her warning,

it simmers softly.

you are home.

Charly Baker (she/they), is a first-year student at Te Herenga Waka studying Theatre and Creative Writing. They write as a way to figure themselves out, because adolescence SUCKS (but at least poetry doesn’t)! When they’re not writing, you can typically find them bed-rotting and doom-scrolling, or pretending to have all my passion projects on track.