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Dorie Snow/雪多丽's avatar

I resonate deeply! “Embodiment, I learned, is not transcendence — it is paperwork.” That got me. I’ve had this come to Heaven moment with my body giving out. Took over four years to get back to some normalcy. I now listen when my body starts to tell me, hey lady chill out you are doing too much.

The Begrudging Dispatch's avatar

Yes. Exactly this.

Listening sooner is its own kind of mercy... even when it takes a while to learn the language. Thank you for sharing this.

stabilise's avatar

Fantastic.

I loved a line in every stanza. I LOVED THIS:

"It’s the unglamorous miracle of having skin."

The Begrudging Dispatch's avatar

Yes.

No transcendence, no escape.

Just the work of being here, in skin.

Alicia's avatar

This... I feel like I understand every word of this. You put my whole life into words. Insane.

Tim Miller's avatar

Love it! And I know what you mean.

The Begrudging Dispatch's avatar

Greetings, Citizen.

Familiarity usually means the language finally caught up to the experience.