Rebirth
Gifted from within
as I learn from outside
transforming
changing
always
Who do I want to be?
Tearing down the interior walls
Examining the studs and supporting beams
Looking for the rot that seeps into my soul
I am whole and broken
Built with the beauty of my parents love
The softness of the mossy ground of the earth
The gracious forgiveness of the bending trees
Built with the greed of unchecked capitalism
The fear of scarcity operating as oppression
The anger of unchecked righteousness
I am my lived knowledge
I am my actions
I am the choices I make
I am not compliant
I am more than the structures I exist in
I am deeper than the insecurities that trap me
My movement makes waves
My voice resounds among the voices of my collective
I affect everything, as everything affects me
I am everything, as everything is me
We are on the journey together, whether we acknowledge it or not
We are each other's armor
each other's nightmares
each other's blessings
I am not here to be me
I am here to be us
For what am I without you
So I seek the rot
to conscientiously deconstruct it's existence
and begin a process
of healing us
As we dare to look into each other's eyes
and see ourselves
Whole and broken
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