Fall 2021 Inklings

Trapped
Paige Harris
Within me lives another version of myself.
She occupies my soul and lives through my dreams.
I feel her dancing within me to Prokofiev and Tchaikovsky,
Possessing the grace of a dove.
She occupies my soul and lives through my dreams.
Her movements flow and swell inside me,
Possessing the grace of a dove.
But that is where she ends, and I begin.
Her movements flow and swell inside me,
From my heart to every hair and muscle in my body.
But that is where she ends, and I begin.
That is where I split in two.
From my heart to every hair and muscle in my body.
When I attempt her perfection,
That is where I split in two.
My body rebels
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