Mosaic 2022

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Anonymous People love it when you’re broken They love helping you stay broken You see as long as you’re broken In the way they want you to be, they love when you are broken People love helping you They love listening to your pain They love telling you to be joyful They love telling you your pain is worth it That you shouldn’t avoid it They love when your pain is comfortable to them They love making your pain beautiful to those around them People love when you are broken People love forming you They love taking credit for your behavior They love putting you into their own mold They want you to fit into their perfect cookie cutter shape They make you fit… even if you are contorted People love when you are broken People love telling you to find yourself They love opening the door while they stand blocking it They love telling you to be your own person while pounding you into their own idea of what you should be They love when you grow… but only if it their way They love when you are strong… but only if it’s like them They love when you are fake… as long as they are comfortable People love when you are broken People hate when you become whole They hate when you make your own mold instead of fitting into theirs They hate when you grow your own way… instead of theirs They hate when you make your own happiness different than theirs They hate your own strength when it is not theirs People hate when you are whole.

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Articles inside

Sunlight Sunfower, Sunny Nahrgang

1min
page 74

Manifesto of a Runaway Heart, Jonah Stafford

1min
page 70

Remnants, Jack Broaders

1min
page 68

Brad and Chris, Brady Lindauer

1min
page 61

Letter to Heaven, Grace Cushman

1min
pages 59-60

For the Couple Who Became John and Mary, Madden Keroff

9min
pages 63-66

The Thought of Letting Go, Hunter Phillips

1min
page 57

Epilogue, Lauren Kantrovich

1min
page 58

The Roles I’ll Play, Bre Kenney

2min
pages 52-53

Whole, Anonymous

1min
page 50

The Last Letter of a Royal Seer, Luke Puffer

8min
pages 40-43

Happiness, Hanna Dorff

1min
page 54

I’m dreaming of a whi—, Lauren Kantrovich

1min
page 47

The Victor, Sunny Nahrgang

1min
page 25

Father, Lucille Carlin

1min
page 38

The Lament, Lawrence Wirries

13min
pages 28-36

Little grey boy, Lauren Kantrovich

1min
page 17

the dream: a series, Bre Kenney

1min
pages 10-11

Impressionism, Lawrence Wirries

1min
page 20

Country Stirrings, Brooklyn Bublitz

1min
page 22

Café Terrace at Night, AnneMarie McMahon

1min
page 14

The Maple Tree, Jane McGann

1min
page 19

Still A Pioneer, Sean Burke

2min
page 13

Frosty Mirror, Gabriel Rysavy

1min
page 23
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