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Two Poems on the Mind
I'm Fine! What if instead of my mind It was my leg that broke And instead of racing thoughts I just had a hacking cough? Holding my breath Shaking my head Laughing but my eyes swollen shut Now I see it all My svelte body Half moon eyes Toothless smile Through the perilous night Proved that I was still here Now I’m like sequins in the sky Laughter bursts out of my core My belly aches And it jiggles! What if instead of saying “I’m fine” My skin turned, blue, then purple, then g
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