My Undoing<\/p>\n
Revised for Poetry Reading at Elkins Park Library,<\/p>\n
Wednesday, November 16th, 2022<\/p>\n
by Radiance Angelina Petro<\/p>\n
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I do not want to be reborn.<\/p>\n
My birth is still happening–for the rest of my life\u2014<\/p>\n
I will be being born.<\/p>\n
My life is an unfolding, unburdening,<\/p>\n
a blessed untangling, a sacred unveiling, gradual<\/p>\n
unloosening, gentle unhusking, tender unlacing,<\/p>\n
slow unraveling\u2014an unceasing, uncensored, unrestrainable<\/p>\n
joy. My thoughts are unclouded, my needs<\/p>\n
unarguable, my light unshaded, my spirit<\/p>\n
unharmed, untasted, unleashed.\u00a0 My life<\/p>\n
unbreakable, untwisting, uncoiling.\u00a0 My desires<\/p>\n
unbuttoning, unclothing, unconditionally mine,<\/p>\n
unequivocally, wonderful, and exquisitely unquenchable.<\/p>\n
My passion unabridged, my shame unlearned<\/p>\n
with moments of bliss unhurried, unlocked, unshuttered, and rising.<\/p>\n
I unlatch the fence around the garden<\/p>\n
and my playfulness rambles unbridled,<\/p>\n
uncivilized, uncalibrated, unjudged.<\/p>\n
The reasons for my being worthy<\/p>\n
are mine and mine alone\u2014beautiful, because I say so.<\/p>\n
They are undebatable, undeniable, and clear.\u00a0 My voice<\/p>\n
unedited, undistorted, my brow unfurrowed, my stomach<\/p>\n
unknotted, my wildness undomesticated, unlabeled,<\/p>\n
untamed, and untamable–feared by many.\u00a0 My wants<\/p>\n
unencumbered, unfaded, unfallen, and fucking<\/p>\n
legit, and fucking mine, and there is time to feel<\/p>\n
and unfeel, form and unform, freeze and unfreeze.<\/p>\n
My ways are unfamiliar, unfettered, unforced,<\/p>\n
unforgettable. My sleep finally uninterrupted.<\/p>\n
My creativity unbound, unlimited by anything<\/p>\n
anyone says or does–my cries unmuffled, my faith<\/p>\n
unmovable, my rage unmuzzled, my fears<\/p>\n
unneeded, my hours of solitude gladly unnumbered,<\/p>\n
memories uncrowded with ghosts, the love<\/p>\n
of myself unending, unserious, unshakable,<\/p>\n
unseparated.\u00a0 My cities of wonder, of purpose,<\/p>\n
of possibilities\u2014unshelled, unobliterated. My wheels<\/p>\n
unstuck, and the road unblocked.\u00a0 I unsew, unstitch,<\/p>\n
the fabric of pain so to feel so to mend so to create<\/p>\n
a shawl of wings.\u00a0 My legs steady, my stance strong.<\/p>\n
My innocence untainted, untarnished, unstolen\u2014reclaimed.<\/p>\n
My life the gift of a life unlived lived now–I am<\/p>\n
my world\u2014unyielding, unstoppable, and gloriously undone.<\/p>\n
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