I am tired of sucking in the gut of my need and fear, binding my heartaches close to my chest, squeezing my sadness into skinny jeans. I am emotionally fat. I have rolls of grief around my stomach, thighs thick with worry, a double chin of anxiety. I will never be as thin as […]
Elizabeth A. Frank
Elizabeth A. Frank is a poet and artist who lives with her husband and two daughters in the Boston area. She is drawn to the interplay of written and visual arts, and feels most whole when creating or walking in the woods. Her poems have appeared in Snapdragon: A Journal of Art & Healing and This Present Former Glory: An Anthology of Honest Spiritual Literature. She can be found on Instagram @glint_into_fire.