you have no energy left in your body
not enough to open your eyes or brave a smile
yes, brave, a little action
demands a lot of previous reactions
that lead to it's acquisition: a light to a lamp
a recognition of better days
when it is sunny but you do not
bother to look for the side on which the sun came
to the world, light brings better light
or that is the theory,
isn't it true, darling?
there are so many ways to say
your body rejects you
like an ocean that has spewed up a fish
that hasn't died yet
unable to accept it back
to hold it, leave it, or pretend it was never there
to begin with. You know you have seen
the ways were wrong happens
while you try your best, angle your hands
to catch all the weariness in you
without being too physical,
without considerations of being
mentally present in every single moment
the way you hate a mispronunciation
of your very name
wronged once by your own
wronged twice by those who should be able to use
it interchangeably like water
to run the usual course
there are so many ways to say
this body, like everything else, fights you
but you manage to somehow remain standing still.
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