She Swallowed a Spider To Swallow the Fly
I don't know if there's a way to describe spinning whilst still
Reverse vertigo, maybe I'm still whilst spinning
But what if pieces of me flew away
Centrifugal forces dictate that happens
I don't know what I'm left with after the spin
Only that which is loose can disperse
To be left with the deeply entrenched
I'd be a spinning advocate if I could rid myself of that
This is too much thinking time
"All present and correct?"
Imagine a true yes to that...
Maybe tendrils or magnetic forces will return myself to me
I'm just at the end of the tether, waiting for the ping
Or if I inch about I'll find the magnetism back in range
Trouble is I kept no inventory or blueprint
If I don't just snap back into shape
I'll be sat with components - I've been there before
There's a whole skill set required here and I'm depending on chance
Plus I don't want to be put back together the same
Empty vessel feels like lonely room
And I shut the door in case anything I might not have space for comes in
There could be a cascade of stuff any moment if all my elements return
But to have your back against the door in a lonely room is just gripping onto coping
Minutes pass and I'm still here
But not present and correct
Centripetal confuses and alarms me
Surely I'd be crushed...
So maybe I'll forever be spread out
I need to reel myself in
Fish by fish? What?!
Maybe...
I should have got on the salmon analogy earlier but I'd have factored in a bear but you know that bear might thin things out a bit... But then there's a hunter and it all becomes the lady who swallowed a fly
Then I'm back to how I feel in my lonely room ~ perhaps she'll die (she won't, she's just feeling sorry for herself)
my heart hurts somewhat
I don't know how to fix it
but I'm still in here
Copyright © Di11y Da11y | Year Posted 2023
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