She woke to the sensation that her body had abandoned her
Lips frozen in a sentiment she didn’t understand
Legs so accustomed to fleeing they became circles
Unable to open her eyes, she felt. Listened.
She soon realized, despite feeling as though she did not exist,
she could sense heat spreading to her from an exterior source
This meant two things:
1. There remained a piece of her still tender enough to experience warmth
2. She was in opposition to an exterior, meaning she herself contained an interior, which saved her from the frustration of being caught somewhere in between. Sparked by these perceptions, she inhaled, or became aware that she was inhaling, and that she possessed a nose, in which she smelled cement. Pattens began to form inside her eyelids, dancing and slithering, tempting her into sleep, into undoing all the hard work she had done to exist. Her eyes flew open, thrusting her back into the body she felt she could not trust.