GEMINI.

By Thaina Joyce

It is like living with a doppelganger inside the house

of her own body, with head up in the air and feet

anchored deep in the mantle. Yin and yang cycling

in the light. She’s not a woman who make decisions

effortlessly. From a platter of possibilities, she’ll take two

then reconsider a third option. An orchid mantis

in a garden, waiting to devour anyone who mistakes

her colors for fragility. She is adamant about replacing borders

with silver linings. In her eyes living can be an ocean

or a drought, and she will swim in both. Gemini beyond

the zodiac, turning the roman sign sideways

to equalize and sync everyone's best traits into a social

gathering. She can go from laughter to despair in the breath

of a short sentence, a rollercoaster of emotions. Her brain is more expeditious

than AI, she is fluent in sarcasm and perplexing

people. Her mouth is a firework

waiting to be lit.

Thaina (she/her) is a Brazilian-American poet and educator based in Maryland. Her work has been featured at Sledgehammer Literary Journal, Olney Magazine, and elsewhere. She has poems forthcoming at Black Cat Magazine and New Contrast Magazine. She hopes her work will empower, connect the human experience, and evoke new perspectives. Find her on Instagram: @thainawrites and Twitter: @teedistrict.