The multitudes that I contain

so what if

yesterday I said that

but today I said this

so what if the this and the that are in conflict, warring

I’m not static, I’m not a rug, I’m not a window frame — not a book already typeset and published and shelved and dusted over a hundred times

so what if i changed my mind or you changed your mind

you said that thing, but you were so much younger then: it was yesterday! I’m not holding you to that.

so what

we are not that

hold space for the multitudes within

we are