Welcome to Voices — a space for voices from the unheard.
Here, we don’t polish pain to make it palatable. We publish it as it is: fractured, searching, rising. These are the stories that often go unnoticed — the inner worlds of those who’ve lived through silence, stigma, and survival. Voices isn’t just a page; it’s a platform for truth. Whether whispered or screamed, every word here belongs to someone who refused to stay quiet. Welcome to the voices of the unheard.
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Against the Odds
It’s 3:11 pm As I find myself sitting next to a bin of urine sample cups “You don’t look 32,” says the…
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The Sight of Sound
When I was a girl, my grandmother told me a Devi saved her life during a four-story suicide leap the year China…
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Notice
I cover face with hand or hair whenever you pass by.Unnoticed, I cut through the dining room when you’restudying for grad school…
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Parcel
Go tell the dread There’s no more room For it here ever again. We’ve had enough to pass A few lifetimes, at…
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Silence
Standing now, Marie, in her terrified home, fearful of violent battles. The fantastic fantasy of blissful home-life, and family have surrendered to…
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Life with Angie
My sister Angie gives me outrageous material for my standup comedy. She’s a bona fide nut case, a paranoid schizophrenic, bipolar, manic…
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Lost Among the Willows
I used to play among the weeping willow trees making them my home. Hiding beneath sheltering arms, safe from life’s turmoil. Ignoring…
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For the Record
Only my poems prove that I’m here. My poems that confess my rage, my suffering, my joys, my loves, my humor, my…
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The Manhattan Club
In the early 1990s, I had just emerged from a long-term relationship (my first as and with a young gay man) which…
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Finally, Something
Note to Readers: The following piece includes vivid imagery of self-harm and mental health struggles. Please take care of yourself while reading.
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