Walk

A Poem by Treble

This started as a journal entry :)

My body trembles as I lay beneath layers of blankets, distress and determination.
My arms remain intertwined across a lion-heart.
An anguished “no” escapes my mouth.
I grit my teeth and shut a salty drop of torment out of my right eye.
The forbidden thought dares to enter my mind, and I swat it away like a fly that’s crossed me one too many times.
My lips are firm, stern, having wavered between smiles and frowns all-too-often before.
The pain feels akin to that of walking after a broken ankle has healed.

I throw the layers of distress off of my body. I walk.