When doubt starts calling
I listen for your voice
To shut them out
And feel steel slide up my spine
While nitroglycerin
Burns through my veins
Daring them to come at me
With a hellspawn smile
Cause feral gremlins
Always say
DIE

Alicia Cara is a writer and artist, currently focusing on poetry and digital art. Their poem ‘Communion’ can be seen in the Unpublishable Zine, and they have two poems featuring in the ‘Break’ pamphlet from Eye Flash Poetry. Examples of their work and art can be seen on HitRECord; the online collaborative community, at – AliciaCara, and at their personal Twitter page @AliciaCaraCreat.