POD: Word Poem by Nikki Giovanni

pastels, Art Stix

lately, i've been feeling weighed down by numerous things: the inescapable ABQ dust; stories ppl tell me about their struggles; earwax, bellybutton lint, even the grease in my hair. at times like these, my energy tends to get sucked into thinking about absences in my life- mostly ppl i miss, but also things i haven't done or things i should be doing better. to combat the weight, i've been making more art + working my way through The Collected Poetry of Nikki Giovanni. 

Word Poem (Perhaps Worth Considering)

as things be/come
let's destroy
then we can destroy
what we be/come
let's build
what we become
when we dream