Selah Kurtz

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“Home for the Holidays” by Selah Kurtz

Nothing feels quite the same as the familiarity of an outgrown hometown, memories strewn about like land mines. I glue my eyes to asphalt as my dad drives us past my first kiss, my last high school basketball game, my mother telling me I don’t have a mental illness in the same breath that she says she’s always felt the way I do.  I know the stretch of road from my parent’s house to the airport like I know my s...

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“Lukewarm” by Selah Kurtz

It’s hot, more so than it should be this early. I feel a drop of sweat roll down my back, echoed by a tear rolling down my face. My bones ache and my muscles cramp from disuse. I choke back a sob as a tea tray comes into view, set gently on the table in front of me. His hand brushes the tear from my face, and I recoil, turning to look out the window. “You know I don’t want this either.” His voice is thick with feigned sorrow, and mine is hoarse.“Then, why? Why are we doing this?” I look at him now, trying to be fierce d...

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“Incomprehensible” by Selah Kurtz

It’s a feeling, one I’m not sure I could or should explain. I don’t think feelings are meant to be explained; they are sacred to the heart, not the tongue. Still, this feeling begs to be understood, articulated to its fullest extent and depth. I lack not the motivation, merely the ability. How could I put in words the symphony your eyes conduct when they meet mine? How could I make fathomable the sincerity of my love? I...

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