But Saying It
Katie Licari
About the Author:
Katie Licari is a current student at UMD, studying English and cramming creative writing in where she can. She lives in Maryland and has a hankering for Old Bay. She enjoys the odd and perverse in her works. She has been published for the Hedge Apple, Just Poetry, and elsewhere.
but saying It, I can't
fluttering from ribcage to grey matter stumbles in words I study lingering vibrations on my skin the urge for each boxed thought to find a new light deep breathes not removing your air on exhale the stillness of nature disturbed with my high pitch telling you about it a study of character when I’m distancing my literature essays sourceless illumination heatless liquifying of my sturdy walls parasitic worms demolishing my daydreams with you prickled blushes blooming defiant gazes twitching fingers for yours
where is my body? why is it no longer mine?
to which I owe you my lack of autonomy and to which I don’t want it back.