Audible Moments of Joy

By Shishira Philip

A word from my mouth has the sound of a pearl dropping into the ocean of a fingernail gently playing the tines of a kalimba 

of a vinyl record scratching its way to the beginning of a song 

of a voice crooning ​I’ll be seeing you / in all the old familiar places​ at a smoky bar of a size 8 ½ sole stepping on fallen leaves 

of a ring clattering on marble flooring of a church whose walls echo 

of a sharp breath of someone who has stepped out into five inches of snow 

Every word from my mouth sounds like something you’d write. 

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Shishira Philip (she/her) is a senior at Saint Joseph’s University, and lives in Philadelphia, PA. She is an aspiring writer and is proud to say that this is her first publication. She has lived her entire life surrounded by art, as she loves to sing, dance and paint (by number). If you can’t find Shishira at home, you can always find her browsing at high-end boutiques she can’t even afford to step in.