"A Childhood Bedroom Is a Whole World" by Gabriela González

"a childhood bedroom is a whole world" after Cheryl Boyce-Taylor there was always someone day-dreaming hurtling towards the other world falling for somebody’s son grass-stained knees weaving in and out of love condemning their mother tongue twisting tradition out of ghost tale crossing an ocean on a paper-mache boat painting their nails black dressed in robin’s egg blue bright red gushing between them legs having a tea party with a beast mistaking a father for a prince fathering the future from a question-mark counting sheep learning to read between the lines reading limbs shrouding their body in glitter befriending the witch within making mud soup under moonlight drinking it all in commending Mother Earth bound by something soft tender-hearted beating on a kitchen pan drum bruising their ego begetting life in verse crooning in arms blessed divinely alive ————————————– Gabriela González called us from Brooklyn, NY. voicemailpoems.org/submit/ facebook.com/voicemailpoems x.com/voicemailpoems bsky.app/profile/voicemailpoems.bsky.social instagram.com/voicemailpoems