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Body

I forgot

what my legs are supposed
to feel like, now they weigh
me down with sandbags…

A. Violet August 10, 2022 Free Form, Postaday

Almost Midnight

do you ever hold still so long
you wonder if your toes
remember how to flex…

A. Violet June 1, 2022 Postaday, Tanka

Did the temperature drop

or did I get so many goose bumps…

A. Violet March 7, 2022 Couplet, Postaday

A different interpretation

skin crawls,
they say,
but to me it is the brush of insect wings….

A. Violet February 21, 2022 Free Form, Postaday

I’m not surprised I’m cold

but why does my anxiety
ripple down…

A. Violet February 12, 2022 Haiku, Postaday

Fading

only my stomach
is currently in my body
my arms have stretched
above my head, wrapping…

A. Violet August 2, 2021 Free Form, Postaday

Paganism on the defensive

be still and know
that your heart
cannot literally
beat out of your chest…

A. Violet July 6, 2021 Free Form, Postaday

Expansion and Lifestyles

my feet are alive,
breathing in the breeze,
free under an open sky…

A. Violet July 3, 2021 Free Form, Postaday, Sonnet

Byzantine Survival

brain functions,
body drags,
brain slogs,
body collapses…

A. Violet July 1, 2021 Free Form, Postaday

Explain it to me

heat radiates from the base of my arm
when I raise it…

A. Violet May 7, 2021 Postaday, Tanka

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