Oh So Sweet

Jess Gittens

The soft tear done by an angel that feels oh so sweet. The slicing of strawberries, The splitting of a pomegranate. Slowly and methodically pulling out seed by seed, Pulling away the fruit from its fleshy membrane, Stained red but oh so sweet. How thin the line is Between love and rage and violence. There is no one who swallows pain like us women.

Jess Gittens is a History major who studies at King’s College. Her favorite area of history to study is all things Scotland, as well as revolutions and rebellions in European history. In her spare time, Jess loves to write poetry and read classic literature. Jess’s poetry takes on the many challenges and undefinable struggles that come with the territory of domesticity, mental illness, womanhood, and femininity.