CHOVA

November, 2018

http://scene-chicago.com/scene/index.php/chova-the-next-up-and-coming-dj-duo/

A Sonnet Indeed

April, 2018

Rooted in Lithuania 

You know I’m not like you or them 

it hurts knowing you think like that.

A tune within my mind I hum 

My hymn that sounds as cold and flat.

My pride and joy are zodziai kuri skamba

The words my ancestors 

Have once heard censored. 

Being born within the states

Parents with their Baltic roots,

I myself have found the stakes 

Claiming to my own fair routes.

Nes as esu Amerikos Lietuve 

I’m an American Lithuanian- and that’s just who I am!

Lietuva Namai, Amerikoje

March, 2018

Welcome Back Home

The building before me looms like an occurring dream, it's foreign yet familiar to me. I look down on the piece of paper that contains the access code to the building. I don’t ever remember there being a code, not like anyone was trying to break in this dimly lit building anyway. I punch in the numbers and click, the door is open. I crack it open and am instantly hit by the stench of something that hasn’t been cleaned in forever. The walls are cracked, the paint chipping away all the memories that are keeping it from falling apart. I climb the stairs to the third floor and stop by door number 5. My hands are shaking. I fumble for the keys in my pocket, pick the right one and put it in the lock. I open the door and step into a home I used to call mine.