Fathom

Rising—the still surface 
a sky—and is 

this not also 
a slow 

fall, a diving 
toward light  

wherein we  
reach for a door 

at once 
above, below 

that instead of opening 
breaks? 

ZACH JEPSEN

Zach Jepsen is a North Carolina poet living outside of Charlotte with his wife and daughter. He earned his master’s degree in poetry through Warren Wilson College’s MFA Program for Writers and is a member of the Charlotte Lit community. He is a veteran of the United States Marine Corps.