a burning bush, orange, amber, golden arms wave in your direction. your attention rapt. you are summoned. when i do nothing, i feel everything arising. my spine lengthens. i round into a heap, feeling as a sad brick sinking. i want to cry, but there’s more yet to this aching body’s unraveling. longing consumes me. wraps itself around my hips, pulling, pulling, breathing into dense bundles of burning. sensual sleeves of fascia enveloping not so delicate black holes of unrest. gravity in my bones. strength awakens unrelenting sensitivity. is this inspiration too? this wicked snake coiling round my nerve endings? the fire, burning. is this balancing? homeostatic intervention? what goes up, must come down. it’s a cruel thing, this waving. i need a little love to ease the pain all over again. more of one is more of the other. and i burn for all of this, wretched and wondrous. my body is a black hole of wanting. around me, reddened leaves wave with the breeze. are they still burning?
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what can i say. the muse has her dark days, and all i can do is listen and feel and continue to allow her through. if this inspired you, or made you feel something, perhaps you’d like to buy me a coffee.
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p.s.. i’ve been feeling a change coming to this space. i know, i know, i said “body of work” was gonna stick around for a while, but i guess my precognition was a little off that day. anyway, keep your eyes open for a transformation in the coming weeks (!)
So relatable.
Fierce, raw, and just teeming with feeling—I couldn’t read fast enough! The way you describe the body’s ache, its wanting, it’s all so vivid, like every sensation is alive and vibrating. Your muse may have dark days, but wow, she’s incredible! ✨