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Hope has no scaffolding
When our history
Decomposes.
Legends are
lost in the ashes from
Pages that scorch
In disbelievers’ hands
Incinerating words
That make them
Feel small.
Listen when ghosts whisper
And let apparitions guide
While you teeter
On the spine
Of the corpse
Of the emptied book.
Melissa Mendoza H. is a midwestern born Filipina-American creative who bends lines into pictures and bends words into stories. After getting her BA in Studio Arts, she put down her crayons to finish her master’s in International Education in San Francisco, California. Melissa dedicated her early professional life helping underserved immigrants and refugees to achieve equity in education through literacy. It’s because of this fulfilling work that her visual and literary art emphasizes the peculiar perspectives of third-culture people.