An Update

Hi Guys!

Sorry for the lack of blog posts recently, I have been super busy with college apps. Actually, on the topic of college apps, there has been some interesting essay prompts. So I was thinking I might share some of my college essays with you guys in the future, once I have submitted all of my applications.

But as for now, I just wanted to let you know that I am still here, and I hope to be posting more in the future from now on! And also I have a lot of cool things coming! You might have noticed that I haven't been uploading very many poems to the "My Poetry" page recently. This is for a good reason. It's because I am working on putting together my own book of poetry. And I don't want to post all of my poetry on my website that will be put into my book. But nonetheless, it is exciting! And I hope that once it is published (or self-published in this case) that you will check it out! I'm super stoked about it, and can't wait for you guys to see it.

I also wanted to remind you guys to keep posting your poetry. Within the last month or two, we have been getting a surge of posts, which is amazing. You guys are so talented -- seriously! I love reading all of the poems you guys post, it's super fun for me. It's also very cool to see that my website is getting some use after all and that its purpose is being fulfilled.

Lastly, I wanted to share a poem. I think it's relevant to what a lot of us are going through right now, and an important message. It's called "Someday I'll Love Ocean Vuong" by Ocean Vuong. Hope you enjoy it!

Someday I'll Love Ocean Vuong

Ocean, don’t be afraid.

The end of the road is so far ahead

it is already behind us.

Don’t worry. Your father is only your father

until one of you forgets. Like how the spine

won’t remember its wings

no matter how many times our knees

kiss the pavement. Ocean,

are you listening? The most beautiful part

of your body is wherever

your mother's shadow falls.

Here's the house with childhood

whittled down to a single red trip wire.

Don't worry. Just call it horizon

& you'll never reach it.

Here's today. Jump. I promise it's not

a lifeboat. Here's the man

whose arms are wide enough to gather

your leaving. & here the moment,

just after the lights go out, when you can still see

the faint torch between his legs.

How you use it again & again

to find your own hands.

You asked for a second chance

& are given a mouth to empty out of.

Don't be afraid, the gunfire

is only the sound of people

trying to live a little longer

& failing. Ocean. Ocean —

get up. The most beautiful part of your body

is where it's headed. & remember,

loneliness is still time spent

with the world. Here's

the room with everyone in it.

Your dead friends passing

through you like wind

through a wind chime. Here's a desk

with the gimp leg & a brick

to make it last. Yes, here's a room

so warm & blood-close,

I swear, you will wake —

& mistake these walls

for skin.