Wednesday November 27, 2019
11:21am
5 minutes
Egyptian Mythology
Geraldine Pingh
she sometimes feels far away
as in not in this body at all
as in on vacation where she
gets to rest and be taken care of
she doesn’t live in the skin
if the skin doesn’t warm her
or if the bones shake too much
nobody wants to stay in a house
that rattles when the winds come
when the weather changes even
slightly
sometimes, today, right now
she is away away laying low
and breathing slow and she is
not questioning the sand
she is said to be within
but I don’t think that’s how
it works when the body threatens
the spirit by being so sad
as in not in the room
as in not feeling the floor
she comes and goes and I believe
she wants to stay but when there
is such a deep unknowing she does
what’s best for herself
she does not stay where she is not
wanted when she is smart enough to name it
she will check in every now and then
but if the conditions aren’t worth it
she doesn’t have to think twice about
the door