Malleable

By Lina Lyona

Artwork by Jack Coffey

Founders’ note: Not everyone is born with the ability to use their voice. Not everyone can easily communicate their thoughts, feelings, hopes and dreams. On this page, we’re give nonspeaking people in our community the opportunity to be heard. The authors are students at Mouth to Hand Learning Center in Mount Kisco. You can read about Mouth to Hand in the article “Force of Nature” on our website or in the September/October 2023 issue.

What do I dream will be my life?

Actualization

Transformation

Base metal becomes gold.

Philosophers’ stones glisten on my path

Guiding my steps

I am metamorphosis.

Author’s note: Realizing my full potential is my main point of this poem. It is so important to me that I am receptive and willing to allow change when opportunities show up.

This article was published in the May/June 2026 edition of Connect to Northern Westchester.