By: Shelbi Henny

It was encrypted

A casualty that lingered

Perfecting an alignment

That created fear

To only let me be

A single organism

A cell

A home

A woman

A human being

Myself

Leaving an expectation

That never existed

Yet leading the proximity

To dwindle in breathing

And only comparing

And impacting who i am

And what i shall become

To restoring the warmth

And acquisitions of libido

And concentration

Olives cherries and

Strawberries

Pen paper and

Pencil

To transcribe arteries

Organs pulsing and forming

Calibrating my interactions

To be normal

No longer alienated