Remember that day
when you felt as if
there were two sumo wrestlers
inside your gut? Remember
how they whumped and slammed
each other and your whole body
felt bruised with their weight?
That was the day you said
you would never let yourself
be small ever again. But
here you are, considering
how to cut off your limbs
to fit into someone else’s box.
It’s no mistake you are here.
There is more to learn
and unlearn about who you are
and who you are becoming.
Those sumo wrestlers, they’ll
get tired and when they do,
offer them tea in very small cups.
Ask them where they’ve been so long.
Cheer them on when they finish their sipping,
when they start to fight again
making in you more space
than you’ve ever felt inside before.