The 27 Club

Risha Mae Ordas
 

Her consciousness propelled even before

Her molecular capabilities had the urge to shift

The frames of her mind creaked in age

Springs no longer spry

Years sigh in quiet resignation

A quiet rumbling in the undertow

The horizon calls,

And for once,

She was awake to be beckoned

 

The earth stir at her fleet foot

The universe looks down from its perch

To watch the metamorphosis

Of her youth

A goddess, puissant.

A tempest, powerful

An opportunity, primed

All rebirthed from the carcass

Of yesterday’s girl

Bathing in the fire

 

 

Risha Mae Ordas (she/her) is a neurodivergent poet, a short story writer, and a professor. She is the author of the upcoming chapbook entitled "Juvenile Womanhood" (NakedCat Publishing). Her works have appeared or are forthcoming in Novice, Moonbow Magazine, the Afterpast Review, and Porchlit Magazine. She is based in Baguio City, Philippines.