Bending over

Bending myself, backwards and forwards
Tugging and pulling at tendons and muscles
for everyone else, but myself.

Feet on the ground, hands in the air
reaching, grabbing, pulling
tugging - Im falling

Twisting myself in unrecognizable ways
Flexible, bendable.
My tendons pop, my muscles snap
for everyone else, but myself.

Through a maze of numbers,
familiar faces and sounds
I contort my body, to bend, to snap
to break.


for everyone else, but myself.