There Are Days

Image by Tom Uhlman


there are days


there are days
when the air
has been bruised
so badly, we cannot
recognize whether or not
we are awake

on these
days, our
bodies, such naturally
careless limbs, become
overwhelmingly
aware

and suddenly,
shoulders and knees,
ankles and wrists,
even knuckles, round off
into perfect erasers,
treading slowly
across the surface
of day, removing
a word or two,
a sentence, and loss
that never adds up

Yi-Ching Lin March 2010

Posted over on Y-s Bits on "Healthy Doses"