Let the earth last
             Till she grows great rings around her
Less like simmering Saturn and
              More like a solid cedar
So when she is swallowed whole by Yahweh

Coughed up overnight
              And pressed pristinely back into her orbit
Like a marble stolen from the ground game
              We may then peel her bark back
To just this monolithic moment.

Mariah Ghant (she/hers) is a black, female artist based out of Philly. An alumnus of Vassar College, she gained two degrees in Drama and English focusing on Acting and Poetry Writing. Mariah enjoys creating and teaching art across various genres including theatre, writing, dance, and movement. Forever fantasizing on the phenomenal, Mariah’s writing explores relationships, the cosmos, and attempts to explain the unexplainable.

To see more of her work, you can visit her poetry Instagram (@mariah.g.poetry).