अतिसृजति (forgiveness)

If these quilled reeds kept more focus

I might be a polyglot

As it turns out

I'm finger-painting languages

As in, left shoulder do svidaniya

right shoulder oui, un peu

I have sat with mtf, gid, lgbtq,

An alphabet of other & more than

beloved, gender-gifted, body

Focus

the theories of the big crunch

Of a nesting hyperdisplasia 

Of Dostoevsky's manifesto on manipulation

can wait

remove the layers of worry & wonder

there is enough time for all thoughts

wrap your mind around this moment

be the conch listening under the waves

to it's own rhythm

be the mountain that does not sway

with each breeze

be the tallest sequoia
who has weathered the iciest winter

above all else,

forgive yourself

for becoming.