✨ What It Feels Like
where the wings would...
What It Feels Like
Part of it simmers barely beneath
superficial, like a sunburn
just under the skin—
A spiritual neuralgia
traveling with time,
following the nerve paths,
Insisting on outlining the nervous
system’s most sensitive branches—
down the quadriceps or
Niche where the wings would be—
prickly tingling signaling the brain
to think of the dove that flies away.
—Monica Silva
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It took me a a minute to trace this one, but then I realized the capitals were showing the way. Well done, Monica! I like so much "where the wings would be." Yes, that's the feeling exactly.