Erika Koenig-Workman

Confirm Humanity


I choose therefore I am


Handcrafted for a friendly

Life time positively enjoying

Premium moments alone

Homespun and ordinary


Quotidian longings rise

Reaching I stretch to catch


The corner of the paper

Cut by its sharp edges

Blood rushes to the tip

My finger has a heart beat


I choose therefore I see


Silhouettes appear blunt

People found then lost

Silent they think intelligent

Thoughts mute yet facile


I don’t like it at all

My inner child winces


I found the idea indecent

That I don’t meet your

Invisible guidelines

I can’t hear your voice


I confirm my humanity

Sharing Eternal Love with you


Many pass the street

Called Straight


I choose therefore I cry


In the lap of my Mother

Her encircling Love

Never fails me

In the moment


Panic button presses

Your rib cage collapsing

Into a heap of hot mass

You bellow in pain


If only we could understand

See inside the universe within

To gather our selves in sync

To sing and dance in unison


I confirm my humanity

Willing to indicate my portion

I gesture towards you

Finding you have stepped


Out of the frame