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Lexi is a passionate writer and first-generation student from Maine, nearing her senior year as a Creative Writing major at Endicott College. With a deep love for poetry and storytelling, she explores her emotions through her work, seeking to share her experiences in hopes that others can find comfort amid the madness.

Hopeful Romantic

Lexi O’Neil

I perfume my skin with the scent of temptation

Sugar, apples, and cinnamon

My, how Oscar Wilde would be proud.

A gentle hum within the night

Of his breaths falling in and out

A particular melody, and it’s my favorite sound.

Gentle whispers into my hair

As we move in slow motion

Not like the world will care

But I feel solace while in your arms.

You wake me gently in the night

Kiss me while you doze

Hoping to keep this moment all to myself

though perhaps the moon can also know.

— Lexi O’Neil

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