Poem and photograph by Melissa Mabasa.
Collaborations and Visual Poems
nothing is Anything
by Melissa Mabasa
Bright lights, casting shadows
nothing is highlighted
The middle is empty
My focus goes there
nothing can be anything
Boundless opportunities
To be whatever I choose
In five minutes, I became a professor, chef, and a ballerina
I walk away from that corner
I am Me again
I step back into who I have been for the past 22 years
Except in those few minutes,
I could be Anything
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(Poem and photograph by Melissa Mabasa.)