Take Back the Pen

I urge you
to consider
who has been
writing
your bio.

Beginning with
whoever wrote,
or even told you
in person,
from that pulpit,

that you
were born a
sinner.

Or the ones who
reported
that you could
be graded
A through F.

Are you still
reading
that faded
sheet,
hand-typed
on a Smith-Corona,
that your boss
handed you
on his way
to lunch,
that concluded
you lacked
an adequate
work ethic?

How about
that bio
that won’t let you
sleep,
that last hour
before sunlight,
as it weaves
nightmares of your
unworthiness?

Dream your Self
a new Bio,
my friend.

Take back the pen

and write that
you have sprung
from the same
Imagination
that only knows
how to

let there be
Beauty
from Light.

(Photo by Grisha Tadevosyan; UnSplash)