Kaitlyn Wang is a high school senior from Saratoga, California. She is an editor for Soundings, her school’s art and literary magazine, and a reader for Polyphony Lit. Her work has been recognized by YoungArts and the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards.
after “No Light, No Light”
by Florence + the Machine
Start over — get it right
tonight. Say it to a crowd
out loud (tell
me want
me leave
me need
me).
I told you: blue never knew
plain need,
but violent fear
stays.
I told you, my love:
your eyes just
can’t say
no.