sweet affirmation

This weekend I got an email informing me that one of my poems has been accepted to the Spring edition of the Coraddi (uncg's literary magazine.) I was not really expecting to be published, but I thought I'd take the chance. It has only been recently that I started openly sharing my work. I have to admit that it feels awesome to know that someone else understands my vision and appreciates my style. cheers to poetry!!

here it is:

Divine Ceiling

I spent that summer alone in a sub-leased 5^th floor walkup.

Most nights I would lay awake for at least one hour before

Sleep would wash over and pull me in.

I would stare at the walls, the bedposts, the pictures.

Coffee stained papers were crumpled and discarded like forgotten people

Who made their homes under bridges.

Stacks of books with dog-eared pages lined the walls.

Post-its on the walls that said things like “live your dreams.”

My roving eyes got stuck on

A small pile of hair strands on the nightstand.

But not often would I look up at the ceiling.

The blankness of that holy, empty space was always lost on me.