Uninvited by Crystal Reyes

by Crystal Reyes

Crystal Reyes is a Chicanx essayist & poet native to Houston and works as an educator. She is a graduate candidate at Bay Path University, working on her MFA in Creative Nonfiction, and an alumna and TA with Community Literature Initiative. Her debut poetry collection, WildflowerBlooming has made headway as one of the top 100 Hispanic American poetry books released in 2024. Her essays and flash nonfiction have been featured in Entre Magazine, Voyage LA, Berlinable & other literary magazines and anthologies. She has received support from thefollowing literary organizations: The Kenyon Review and The Writer’s Center. You can follow her work at @Crisreyeswrites

| his trousers hit the floor,

he thrusts into me

with unnecessary atrocity,

no invitation...

no welcome sign...

no blooming flowers...

just the echo of my screams fighting back his inner demon

i lay there, deadly corpse,

alienated from the flatline of my emotions

the exasperated moan he exhaled was all that it took

to put a halt on his action |