Grown woman now,

ascending adolescence,

conflicted childhood, 

bastardized baby,

a night of passion 

made me. 

My skin, bones

and jumble of their genes 

co-create many shades 

of brown beauty.

Shifting. 

Who am I to be? Or become?

Taught fierceness

as a cub,

developing 

into a lioness 

naturally. 

Becoming. 

Understanding 

and imagining 

the lives I have passed 

through

to get to this body,

this form now.

Allowing the flow of life

to mesmerize 

every breath

of this version of me.