Some of us were born destined for heaven

When I was a child, I believed 

some crawled there in the gravel, falling

God planted me in the deepest ocean 

over a threshold 

then sat with me 

at the ushers’ feet

before my new bones were grown

I took a long walk

I wasn’t afraid 

as a child 

I believed 

in the alleys of a bombed-out hood

before I was born

I was married to the sky 

before he even made the earth

and the clouds of imaginary heaven

he imagined me.

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Two lifetimes ago, Catherine performed her poetry in Madrid. Now her main jobs are to write and hang out with her family. Her work has appeared in Pank, Deep Water Literary Journal, and The Grief Diaries. Her chapbook, Soul Full of Eye, is published through Kelsay Books.

Find her in the Bluesky. Watch/read more at www.caththegreat.blogspot.com