Today I took a moment
to think about myself
(Not the self part,
the me part,
the mind-and-soul part,
but the my part, the belongs-to-me part)
Skin
(Wrinkled across the palm,
subtly pointed finger-pads)
Bone
(Linked together
like puzzle pieces)
Eyes
(The smooth non-feeling
of blinking, or the muscle-pinching
of squishing eyelids)
Ears
(Touch-soft folds of skin)
I always used to think about
the miraculous in-folds
and little pink cells
hiding in brain tissue
(beneath the thick bone skull)
Now I'm thinking how these
twist-turn body gears
work too
(and that's more than a little amazing).
