Rebirth

Is your soul as restless as mine?
Do you feel the drumming of time
Beating and humming in your veins?
Do your seconds feel as precious and tenuous?

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To be born into a body
that does not conform to the norms (white, cis, hetero, male, able)
is to be free to imagine other ways of belonging.

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My body
My meat suit
My spaceship
A mini ecosystem within a larger ecosystem
The womb of my mother
Our mother, Earth
Our sacred vessel in this Universe
Floating around in space
While I float inside her
Shape-shifting
Into yet another version of myself
A newborn in an older, different body
One with more limits
And yet more dreams
A whole new universe
Just waiting to be discovered.

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A rebirth is a choice
A practice
An unwavering commitment
To live differently
To learn from mistakes
And to be courageous enough
To make new ones.

A rebirth is a portal
A bridge
To another dimension
Where the unknown awaits
Ready to be explored
And experimented with.

A rebirth requires imagination
And willingness
To change
Absolutely
Everything.

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