The Unconventional Courier April 2023

"The Maenad Learns to Worship" and "The Ritual" by Michelle

Lizet Flores

This lack of direction became true after the first kiss with a friend who was never just a friend after a night time bonfire and too many bottles of American lager.

For what direction should the directionless take?

What does lost mean when what you seek is not a place but a moment.

Braided hair collects into vines wrapped into a crown.

She doesn’t just listen to music –she feels it in every stretch of an arm, In every sway of her hips.

Perhaps the issue was never her lack of faith. Perhaps she finally found a god worth believing in.