(W)hole
My body has abandoned me
It left
Nothing but a heavy hole inside
My chest
I lift my fists from pockets deep
To feel
Both sweaty clench and winter chill
Surreal
To let these worlds inside and out
Combine
Almost presents as possible this
Time
-a.r.
Painting by Catherine Maroney, found here: https://www.etsy.com/listing/202460460/original-oil-painting-hands-underwater
~ by April on January 27, 2016.
Posted in Abuse, Body, Humanity, Meditation, Poetry
Tags: Body, Child Sexual Abuse, Child Sexual Abuse Recovery, Detachment, Dissociation, Feel, Hands, Impermanence, meditation, numb, Patience, Poetry, present moment, PTSD, Reattachment, Recovery, Sensorium, Time