Beyond the Rim

Is identity a reference
to all that I’m not
or something else again
Is what I’m becoming
and what I am
in contrast clearly plain
Or then is it more
and crossing over
to what I’ve not yet been
The border amorphous
where gravity pulls
—to dance beyond the rim

(Rosemont Pennsylvania: February, 2021)
Copyright © | Year Posted 2021

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