Sink
written by: Delvon T. Mattingly
@DelvonMattingly
Mom, I can fly!
One flap of my arms
soars me into the sky.
Above a grandiose sea,
but only for an instance,
I crash headfirst
into a pale abyss,
the sensible side of me
seeing that I’m far from free.
A Black boy,
with all his chimeric reveries,
vanishing yet again.
Delvon T. Mattingly, who also goes by D.T. Mattingly, is a writer from Louisville, Kentucky and a PhD candidate at the University of Michigan. His fiction and poetry have appeared in literary journals such as Maudlin House, Jellyfish Review, and Star 82 Review, and peer-review scientific journals such as Anesthesiology; Families, Systems, & Health; and Academic Psychiatry. He also posts poetry on his Instagram account.
Latest posts by Delvon T. Mattingly (see all)
- Sink - January 21, 2022
- Cement - October 9, 2020
- It’s Not Real - November 16, 2019
