Danielle Tietjen
Photography and Poem By Christine Benson
Middle of everything I can see the rotation around you Not the center as a point of ego, but still a fixed point Center of paying attention Center of giving attention Center of being at attention Looking to balance the scale Pride and potential Against fear and doubt But the metrics can’t be defined let alone measured so the math never comes out right The ruler that’s been handed down is missing increments Ready to make a new measure Interrupting generations of trauma One value at a time