where did you come from
what constellation crafted your name
what nebula formed your remarkable soul
what form of accretion was strong enough to pull you into
being real
and breathtaking
and living
what star did you fall out of
how did earth beg for you-
with songs of winter mornings
or the breathy hum of summer nights
tell me, you celestial creature
so i know how to hold your galaxy
in my palms and lips
without imprisoning you
i, who come from deep canyons
and open desert
valleys and hidden earth-
i, who climbed from volcanoes
and dark deep-sea trenches
i, who dream of desert scapes
and distant planets-
tell me how to hold you
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Dysphoria
Poetry"I dreamt I grew roots and sunk into deep earth, Where mud became my skin and dampened grains freckled my surface, I opened my mouth wide for the sprouting branches Leaf-speckled limbs And sunflowers blossomed from my eyes, Sunlight bled in waves, w...
