by Maiya Joy
i am a youngest woman
born of a youngest woman
born of a youngest woman.
if you dissected our photo albums
and pulled out a cross section
of each of our faces in the same year,
you will see carbon-copies of
the same youngest woman living in
the same extremity of global distress;
some days i wonder
how to best tell my nainai
that i am still being born.
Maia Joy is a queer biracial poet and musician from Boston, MA. A two-time Silver Key recipient from the Massachusetts Scholastic Art and Writing Awards, she is currently studying music and creative writing at the University of Maryland, College Park, where she is a member of the Jimenez-Porter Writers’ House. Some of her work can be found in Star 82 Review and Dreams Walking, as well as on her social media @maiajoyspeaks, and her website, maiajoyspeaks.wixsite.com/website.
