I wrote a poem for 2021 too

Last year I broke down in pieces
This year as I picked them up I found pieces of myself I didn't know existed
I thought I knew enough about who I am
Turns out I am way more than I imagined

Last year I wrote about love and heartbreak
About being alone and about getting closer to others
This year I want to write about healing and discovering
About wanting what I didn’t know I wanted
I want to write about how I learned to come out as someone who needs help
I managed to need instead of only being needed

Last year I wrote about how I exausted the colours to paint my eyes with
So this year I painted myself with ink
I decided to be fluid and permanent
To change everything and yet keep everything
I got so low and I got really high
I was flying and crashing down
I was burning and frozen in time

But as I shifted each of the broken pieces in my hands I experimented so much with what they could become
I put my heart, my mind, and my body deep into experiences they haven’t felt before
I am becoming…

And I am dreaming of what the world around me could become - if it was less broken.