Intensity Mandy Gutsell

Pressure

Tension

Full head

Head full.

Explosion

Overwhelm

Bend over

Over bend.

Stretching neck from side to side

Hearing the tiny cracks and crunches

Crunch to loosen

Crunch to bite.

Bite size

Chunking

Chunky

To fit.

Not fitting in

Making it fit

Making me fit in

Being ok not to fit in.

To be me

To own all of me

To own my story

To take ownership of my life.

My ability to create

To be creative

The creative

The creator.

The crater

The hole

The volcano

The heat rising to an eruption.

To spew forth and let it ooze

Let it flow

Flowing out through the cracks

The crevices.

Meandering through the lines

Lines already present

Lines emerging from the heat

That were not there previously.

Lines and marks

Marks to say I have been here

Marks to say I am here

I am making my mark.

I have made my mark

Marking my stamp

Marking my footprint

Marking with brush strokes.

Marking with words

Marking with the pen

Marking until there is no more

No more marking.

The marking stops

The noise stops

It becomes quiet

In the silence I can hear breath.

Until the breath stops

To stop breathing

To come to a full stop

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