Inspired by 3racha “Matryoshka”

*Note: If you zoom out on the layout, you can see that the poem (roughly) forms the bisected outline of a matryoshka or Russian nesting doll.

Every

Layer              to

Me       is        new.

Every

Layer               to me

Is                     stronger.

Break                                       me

That’s                                                  fine.

I                                   never                           disappear

I may                              seem                                    smaller

But                                 I’m still me.                                      Your

Curiosity                                 makes you dig                                     through

My layers,                                                                                           That’s fine.

Each one                                                                                                         is more

Intricate,

My                                                                                                                   details

Intoxicating.

Go ahead and

P                                              E                                             E                                 L

My                                           layers                                       back.

There will always be one more for you to try.

Matryoshka.