The Eckleburg Project

Texas A&M's Official Literary Journal

The Eckleburg Project is the official undergraduate literary journal of Texas A&M University. We are an undergraduate organization featuring student poetry, prose, and art. Now with thirteen issues under our belt, we started with the idea that art should be free and easily accessible to the community.

Our staff is composed of undergraduate students and editors who select pieces to be published semesterly under a process of blind review. For information on how to join, go to our apply page. For information on how to submit, go to our submissions page. For general inquiries, or just to say hello, contact our organizational email at theeckleburgproject@gmail.com.

As always, we thank you for your support as we continue to foster art here at Texas A&M.

Midnight Void by Noelle Mooney

December 06, 2024  /  The Eckleburg Project

The sun has long since set,
Yet it is darker in my mind.
A swatch of midnight void.
I cannot recall the taste of light
Nor the touch of its fingers on my skin.
I only shrivel in the darkness,
My bones gnawing on themselves,
If only daylight would show its face–
But it is even more cowardly than I.
Cowering in fear of my swirling darkness,
Keeping its sunlit tendrils to itself
Lest my darkness should infect them.
Oh, sunlight that would be my savior!
You are too selfish to spare a few rays on me.
You see me only as a blackhole
But all blackholes were once stars…
And I was once as bright
as starlight.

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