a sliver of me
astral infused queerness
myself laid bare upon the mountains I carved the forests I etched the nebulas I painted
see my galactic lipstick smears, my Ptolemaic earrings
my starshine nails amidst each of them
I need no mirrors
to see the universe
is to see infinite versions of me
prismatic refractions that blossom cosmic
creation is never objective
not born from impartiality nor solipsism but rather
an outpouring of emotion of
self
the absolute expression of
self
the love
the anger
the passion of
self
Sam Jowett is a non-binary writer living in Toronto. They love to figure skate amidst the stars and set up two mirrors face to face to see into parallel universes. You can find their work in Prismatica Magazine, Silk + Smoke, and reflected in forgotten pools. They have a chapbook “Godess Unbloomed, of which the above poems are apart of, forthcoming at Bone&Ink Press. Follow them on Twitter @samuel_jowett