Duty calls

the morning coos

and caws,

Mother Nature pays

in rain.

To the bedridden

nesters,

ballyhoo the undead!

Selfish sleepers

and faulty feathered

resters,

those take-a-day-offers

and mental health

havers —

the sunrise sounds

her mimosa-ed

alarm,

yellowed tangerine

get up,

perish sleep.

How fear awaits

the morn we

rise without

birdsong.

Maya is a recent graduate of Saint Joseph’s University where she served as Editor-in-Chief of the literary magazine titled, Crimson & Gray. More recently, she is featured in the 2023 Sigma Tau Delta Rectangle, Wingless Dreamer Publisher’s anthology, Midsummer’s Eve, and the Ignatian Literary Magazine. Maya resides just outside of Philadelphia where she works as a Professional Writing Assistant.