(Cry)stal Method
Nights like these
when I feel the walls turning yellow and the stainless crystal glass bell jar surrounding me,
I think of u
I think of u inside out
ur skin ur kiss
I ache
And look at the pictures,
two girls in a frame
some of me some of u
most of us in soft embrace
Blank face and awake
When my hands take ahold of my heart’s intention
and I reach for my phone
My stomach can't bear it so I wait
then I call and
I forget to speak
But u knew it was me
U can taste my tears thru the phone can't u?
MYKA GREENE
College of Arts & Sciences
Class of 2022, English, Creative Writing concentration
Drama minor
Myka is a writer, poet, and filmmaker who was born and raised in Richmond, Va.. In 2019, she began writing her first book, entitled Sanity Slip Songs, a collection of personal prose and poetry from the ages of fourteen to nineteen. With this, she attempts to confront the barriers between her identity and art production and has found sanction in the writings of Miranda July, Otessa Moshfegh, K-Ming Chang, Roxanne Gay, and Carmen Maria Machado. Her prose and poetry has been published in Iris Mag, Cut x Sewn Magazine, the feminist online journal That's What She Said, and the online zine Plasma Dolphin. Along with writing, she is a filmmaker and has been writing and directing short films through Filmmakers Society on Grounds and through a Richmond-based production company called HOMA Pictures. This past summer she worked as a Production Designer for Micah Watson's (UVA Class of '18) web series, “Black Enough.”
