talisman

maybe if i give my fear a home roll out the red carpet  

feed it double boiled soup  make its bed rain feathers  gift it with my secrets  

it will grow to protect me  from the evil that lives  

outside my walls  

- talisman 

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Valerie Wong (Instagram: @theglutenfreepoet) was born in Toronto, raised in Hong Kong and lives in New York. As a Third Culture Kid, she is a local and a foreigner wherever she goes. Her poetry has been published by journals and anthologies around the world, including Stanford University’s Mantis, the League of Canadian Poets and New Zealand’s Blackmail Press. She is currently seeking representation for her debut romance novel, The Sweetest Deal.