“Why I Stay” by Tiana Nobile (poetry ’17)
An excerpt from “Why I Stay” by Tiana Nobile (poetry ’17), published by Vandal Poem of the Day.
Why I Stay
In spite of the summers with heat so thick you could cut it with a knife.
I stay even though sometimes it feels like everything is out to get you.
Even though I let the night swallow me whole. Even though I got grass stuck in my spokes.
Because I’ve never had a good enough answer for where I’ve been, where I’m going.
Because belonging is subjective, and I will find my way out of the mud.
